second home visit complete

It happened quicker than we thought it would...we had our second home visit yesterday. This visit was more intense with deeper questions, but I feel like it went well. Digging deep like that just makes me realize how much I love Mark and how thankful I am that he is my partner in this journey and life. Now we will wait to get our homestudy draft from her and as we wait, we will get all of the additional paperwork ready. We feel so blessed that each step has gone smoothly and pray that this will continue. Yesterday, we also had the wonderful opportunity of going to lunch with the lady who lives in Ethiopia and oversees the Christian World program there. As Mark said, she is one of those people that when you are in her presence, you feel like you are in the presence of God. She and her family have devoted their lives to mission work and rescuing the babies of Ethiopia. It is very likely that she will have contact with our baby which is incredible. We feel honored that we had a chance to meet her and hear her amazing stories. So many children would have died if she had not intervened and then loved and nutured them back to health. Please take time to view the Acacia Village video from youtube.com. She sees the need for this project so clearly everyday as she cares for these abandoned children. Mark and I had decided that we would not take our children with us to Ethiopia to bring home the baby. After meeting with her yesterday and asking her opinion, we are praying about taking Macall with us. She said that one day as the baby grows up and has questions about her heritage and birth country, it will so powerful if Macall can say "I went there and saw this...". Please pray about this decision.