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I had said in my last post that I had something exciting to say about our ongoing adoption adventure..

and...

Our home study is at our agency here in alberta for editing! That means that it has to pass through final approval with them and our province and then our dossier can be sent to our intercountry agency to be sent overseas! It also means that our part - what we can actively do - is almost done! It so exciting - and slightly nervewracking to consider that this has happened all in the last 2 months! 

So because our homestudy is in the hands of our agency and we have received approval from our province to go ahead with this homestudy, I felt that now is the time I can share with you the country from which our children will be from.

ETHIOPIA!!!!

Ethiopia is a country that has been on our hearts for almost 15 years  (yes, when we were first married!). Maybe because it was a country in Africa that we had heard so much about in the early 90's with famine sweeping the land. Maybe because my husband in particular, has always had an interest in missions in this part of the world. But maybe - just maybe -God was beginning to form in us a call to Africa. Never in my wildest dreams did I think that this call would be in part to expand our family through adoption - not once but twice! And never did I think that I may need to get a vehicle larger than a minivan!! Ha! 

Our journey to South Africa 2 1/2 years ago unleashed passion for adoption that can only be described as a calling. God has blessed us with a great family and we feel that we have more room....room for a sibling group! We have been covering this in prayer as this is a huge step in expanding our family. There is the amount of children to consider, the trauma and grief that they have experienced thus far and how it has shaped and formed them, the financial commitment of the process and how adding additional children will impact our existing family. But we are praying not only for a smooth process and transition but for resources and support once they are home. We are praying for guidance, patience and grace for us. We are praying God's protection and provision on them even now. And we continue the adventure....

Blessings,

Candra

ps. For those of you who have followed our adoption process, our original dossier that was done through SK is still "active" although our new province will not update it until the country reopens. So God opened some other doors for us to continue....