What a week!!

Wow, so first of all, we have a court date.. May 20! I am trying to gather all the necessary paperwork and have to make 6 copies of each document so it's A LOT of work, but thankfully this time, I am a little more excited about getting it done as we know we will be meeting her soon! We get physicals on Tuesday of next week and refingerprinted on Monday and lastly we will get our Biometrics for Immigration fingerprinting done again as they have expired and you must have up to date ones on file to get through Immigration with an adopted child. After I get all this paperwork in, I can focus more on the actual trip..what day we are leaving exactly and more details. I know our attorney wants us there for at least 3 or so days before to bond with Eliana and meet to go over the court procedure. She said that she has successfully completed many adoptions with the judge, however this judge is very particular with paperwork and everything must be done correctly. So it's good to know at least some info on our judge beforehand.
On another note, my first "baby" turned 8 on Wednesday!! He is getting so big, it's crazy. We got Eliana's court date on the morning of Tyler's birthday. What a perfect present!!
Then today, my dad made the news, as he saved a lady's life out of a burning house fire!

http://www.wkrn.com/story/25162718/franklin-fire

I love that he said it was God's grace and serendipity...
I found this and it described the situation perfectly...

Serendipity = divine leverage.

What do you think? Serendipity is not when God does it for you. Serendipity is when God allows your efforts to be infinitely more pro- ductive than they could have without him. You do the hard work – God allows the right person to notice. You study and learn – God arranges for an opportunity that uses exactly your new skill set. You do your best to help someone – it turns out to be exactly what the other needs. You step out in faith – and doors open that you didn’t even know existed.

Folks, God does this all the time. But He seems to do it more often for people who ex- pect it. And, unfortunately, it seems to also work in reverse - if that is what you expect. If you just KNOW that your efforts won’t pay off... well, then they seem not to. As Henry Ford once said; If you think you can or you think you can’t – either way you are right. But...people who think they can and believe God will - tend to be right on both counts.

If you do your part and you believe that God will do His, serendipity will happen. It always does. Watch and see. It’s easy! Just do every- thing you can – and then expect more than you can imagine!