Hey, sorry for the delay on posting any updates. I am happy to post that we are still moving ahead (pretty quickly now) and we'll be bringing Levi home soon!! Nancy called the foster mom last night and she seems to be coping better than when I spoke with her last Sunday evening, still very sad but, sounded better. Both boys have their Guatemalan passports and have had the second DNA sample taken as of Thursday. We can assume that the specimen was sent already to Burlington, NC where Labcorp will process the results. They only have to compare it to the 1st test done at the beginning of our process to confirm he is the same child leaving the country, just an added step from the US to ensure he's legal. When I rec'd the authorization request for me to sign the other day it was great to see his name as "Bradley" now and us listed as his parents. We're still amazed and so excited that this will all be over soon and he'll be home.
Yesterday, Nancy adn I took a few hours to unwind and shop for the boys a little. We had a good time and enjoyed just getting some down time. Continue to pray we hear this coming week that the results are back to the Embassy and we get our travel date. Once we get that date, we'll be hard to tolerate until we actually leave, we'll be so excited we'll drive everyone around us nuts! As of right now, they are together again in the process and as of right now we'll be in Guatemala at the same time. Will keep you posted with any news. I will try and do better this week momma Nancy about posting (she's been about to get me for being so behind haha). - Tracy (aka Levi's mommy!!!)
1 Samuel 1:27 For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him
Levi
Our Adoption Story
Levi was born on April 21, 2007 in Chinautla, Guatemala, a small town known for pottery. He weighed 6.7 pounds and was 19.7 inches long. He was in private foster care in Guatemala City where he lived for 10 1/2 months with his foster mom, her son and daughter and Isaac, his foster brother. Throughout our difficult adoption journey, Isaac's mom, Nancy and I became very good friends. God placed our boys together and had the perfect plan in place long before we ever realized it. When I was undecided on an adoption agency, I joined an online forum where Nancy provided me with information about her agency and recommended them to us. We decided to sign with the same agency and I emailed Nancy back to let her know. Over a few months we emailed back and forth to learn we were both from TN and lived only 30 minutes apart... we thought wow, it's a small world. Little did we know a few months later we'd both get referrals, earlier than we expected, of 2 beautiful Guatemalan angels. When they turned 2 months old our agency called and decided it was time to tell us that they were in the same foster home together and had been since they were 1 day old. We were amazed they were together. Even more so, God amazed us once again when we learned shortly after that they were born on the same day and were from the same town... no longer a coincidence that was for sure. We were being told by the foster mom how attached they were and acted like brothers. But, Nancy and I got the chance in January '08 to go to visit them and see it for ourselves. It was an amazing time of bonding with our boys that we will never forget. After that trip it seemed when one of us would reach a roadblock in the crazy process of international adoption the other would be delayed with something else. We stayed right together until the very day we picked them both up. We had our US Embassy appts the same day and we flew home through Atlanta on the same flight on March 11, 2008 when they both entered the US as citizens! It was an awesome time for us in the Atlanta Airport when we rec'd the congrats they were official! We've made friends for life with Nancy, Eric, and with Isaac's extended families. We look forward to many years of watching them both grow up so close together. Over the past year, as we went through battle after battle to bring our boys home, Nancy and I both would never think of one without the other in our endless prayers to keep them safe, happy and healthy until they could be home with their forever families. We're finally parents and it's what we've both waited for, for so many years.. our families are finally complete!!!
Saturday, February 9, 2008
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Hey Tracy, Steve, and Little Levi
So glad to hear of the process going so fast, it gets a little scary, but our God is an awesome God.
You all will have the boys home before you know it, and we are praying that the transition will be smooth, with all, including the foster mom. We are praying for her, because I know she will also be lonely and lost without 2 little active boys.
Knowing you and Nancy,you already have your bags packed. Steve hang on, because you are getting ready to go on a ride like never before.
Levi and Isaac are so blessed that they will have the opportunities in life that a lot of those children will never get to experience.
Levi, you have awesome parents, and they have waited many years for you. You were picked by our Almighty God to have them as your parents, and little Isaac, your foster brother also. We love you all. Looking, and waiting for the miracles that we thought may never happen. Oh yea, of little faith
We praise the God Almighty for the work he has done.
Kay (Nancy's Mom)
Good grief girl it's about time you posted an update. I am sooooo happy that we are almost through with this part of our journey. I am ready to start being a full time mom and not just doing it through visits, e-mail, phone calls and photos. C'mon Pink!!!!
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