20% !!!!

As I'm sitting here listening to "The First Noel" and other wonderful Christmas songs, I'm feeling this surreal feeling...like THIS IS REALLY HAPPENING.We are finishing up the last lines on this 50-some-page document and sending it out tonight! Thankfully, they are giving us grace and letting us fax/e-mail the copy so we don't have to over-night it. The deadline is tomorrow. We finally got word that we could proceed with the home study agency we were hoping to use, and that information was needed before we could finalize this contract document...and now we're ready!This morning I was blessed by a wonderful group of people, and in particular Amy and Cherie, who lead Holy Yoga here in town.  They have dedicated the donations they've received this month towards our adoption and we couldn't be more humbled, more grateful.  People we have never met before are a part of bringing you two home...what a beautiful picture of the family of God!!So now, we are 20% to our goal (the $30,000 estimated cost to bring you home)!!!!We are also paying our first big chunk of money to our agency, $3.390!  By the grace of God and generosity of some people that love us (and love you, beloveds!), we are able to make this payment.  We are also grateful because it would have been $4,390, but there's a special grant for families who are officially starting their adoption this month.Here's us at the bank a couple of days ago- getting the paperwork notarized...making it       OFFICIAL :)Wow.  Who knows where things will go from here, or how long it may take. We are so so excited for you to be here.Love,Us.