Joy Comes In The Morning

We Have been waiting & praying for a little one in China for almost a year now....
Our adoption papers has been stuck in "auditing" on our caseworkers desk for over a month...
As soon as we think we have made the last correction something else is found. We have had to resend originals because our names were spelled wrong....
Who spells their own name wrong???

Frustrating is the best word for where we have been stuck.

Because of our incomplete paperwork we haven't been logged in to China's System and haven't been considered eligible to be matched with a waiting orphan...

Frustrating....

We have know she was out there waiting too...

We had a very slight chance of being matched this week with a special focus list of children. Usually these children require more care then we feel able to provide. We tried to be sensible, but couldn't help to be hopeful that maybe an email would come...
So, after watching our computer & hearing nothing from our agency Brad & I went to bed feeling a little defeated thinking our match didn't happen again...

More waiting...
More time apart...

But work was happening as we slept...
Prayers were being answered...
Plans were being revealed...

We woke to an email introducing us to Yang Yue Rong... our new daughter!
She is 2 yrs old and lives in a Mongolian orphanage...
She was abandoned the day after her birth...
For reasons unknown to us no one has claimed this sweet girl...
Until now... We have claimed her as our girl!

Very happy day!!!

She has had surgery for cleft lip/palette , and will require additional surgeries to complete this process, and some cosmetic attention to her ear, but we think she is perfect!

All our research show that her orphanage is a one of the most loving, caring, & vested we have heard of...
She has chubby checks, bright eyes, and beautiful fat rolls on her arms...
We can't post pictures until our paperwork is officially completed, but we will share as soon as that happens.

Hopefully we will travel to Mongolia in 3-6months to bring her home.

Thank you so much for your prayers & encouragement...

We feel blessed!!! 

 Cindy