Paper Pregnancy!! :)

Our Newest Child is also "on the way"!! Not exactly in a biological way... but "on the way" none-the-less! We are Adopting again!! We started paper work in May and just finished our last Home Study visit. Next up is Fingerprinting and USCIS approvals. While in Brazil, as many of you know, we built some incredible relationships with our African families. We love their culture, their love for family, and their deep Spiritual roots. We are adopting from Ethiopia. Bethany Christian services has an office in Ethiopia and we feel confident in their ability to navigate families safely and ethically through the adoption process. Our social worker, Debby, is incredible and we truly view her as a family friend! The office gets upset whenever we come without Caleb!! We don't have any other information at this time. We are requesting a child from ages 2-6, boy or girl. We plan on choosing a waiting child. Caleb is very excited about being a big brother. He changes each day with whether he wants a baby "that will fit in my hand like this" or a bigger baby "that can play on the slides with me." He says he "gets kind of bored being the only kid in the house." Oh Baby... just wait!!! LOL! We DO Know, and we ARE preparing for what will change our family completely. We are reading many books, talking with many people, and working on expanding our borders to be able to prepare ourselves for being a multicultural family. Naively, we thought we already were!! We have viewed our family as being bi-racial with Caleb home; however we were very surprised to learn that few others actually viewed our family this way. It was not until we spoke of adding an African child to our family did so many concerns begin to arise. We have received many mixed reactions, but the Lord's confirmation in our hearts has made us that much MORE excited about the Perfect Child HE will bring!!! Our families and our close friends know that our hearts have been widened so much since our experience in Brazil, that it is not entirely shocking to them! The Lord is working Powerfully around us in the hearts of so many people. He is so amazing!!!