Referral Received. Referral Accepted.

Monday was a great day! That's the day we received our referral for Gideon and found out much more information about him. We have already accepted the referral and are continuing to move through the process. Also, we finally got to see what he looks like!

One big surprise is that he is currently only 3 months old! We were expecting him to be closer to 18 months and no younger than 6 months. We are thrilled! He's a cutie with big, bright eyes and little sprigs of curly hair on top. It was a lot of fun showing the boys their new brother--can't wait to throw one more boy in the mix.

The next step is to finish pulling together the final few documents for our dossier, send them to Uganda, and wait for a court date. It's possible that we could travel as early as March--though could be as late as early summer. It can't happen soon enough.

I'm sorry we won't be able to post or distribute a picture of him at this time--we want to protect him and our process. We were able to send a picture of our family to the orphanage so they could put it near him. We can also expect to get regular updates on him. I'm sure these updates will be highlights each month and we will be sure to share any new info with you.

As always, thanks for the support--prayer and financial--that so many of you have offered. This continues to be a humbling journey. We still have about 20 shirts if anyone would still like one. Also, we are waiting to hear back regarding a couple of grant applications. God continues to provide!

Stay tuned.