MOI!!

Because I decided not to write the same idea twice,and maybe because I'm feeling a little bit lazy tonight, I will just make this post the same story we sent to friends and family today regarding some great news we got this morning regarding our adoption.

Below is a portion of an email from our caseworker letting us know that we've entered the next step of our adoption and that our boys entered as Perbergs!

Just to give you an idea, MOI stands for Ministry of the Interior. All of our paperwork will enter MOI where we'll basically be approved to apply for the boys passports, which is the next step.

This timeline is possible but we know full well that it is NOT set in stone and completely subject to change. We have been praying for months that God would allow our boys to come home in 2013, before the end of the year. This timeline would mean that could be possible. Regardless, we are open and available to whatever God's timeline might be. But we will continue to boldly ask this of Him, because He is able!

This week I've been feeling a little discouraged regarding our adoption…washing & folding the boys clothes wishing they were here to wear them, working on painting their bunk beds and seeing other families move ahead in their adoptions. This morning while looking through the Adoption folder on my desktop I came across something labeled "REMEMBER!!!" and this is what it said…

"Although flowers in the fall appear to die they don't. Even though you don't see them they are still alive, readying themselves to show off again in the spring. Sometimes God's promises to you seem to have died. Though you do not see their fulfillment they're still alive ready to manifest. Wait in faith not in doubt."

My dad sent this to me as an encouragement a long time ago, months after Jivenson passed away. Sometimes I find myself almost waiting in doubt, almost expecting the worst, when really all along our Heavenly Father is preparing the Best for us, regardless of the pain and loss that are so easy to see.

I'm amazed at how often I forget that truth and I'm so thankful for these reminders!

“The following children went to MOI last Wednesday August 14, 2013
1) CALEB LOUIS PERBERG # 1711
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5) GUERLENS LOUIS PERBERG # 1715”

Here is a particular timeline:
Parquet: 6 ½ weeks
Legalizing after Parquet: 4 weeks
MOI: 4 weeks
Passport: 1 week
USCIS: 4 weeks
DOS/Visa: 3 weeks
Exit letter: 1 week

So here's to waiting in Faith!