We are in love! What a crazy few days we have had!! I was in Wisconsin when we received "the call." It is so funny how much I anticipated that call! Every single time the phone rang I went through a whole scenario in my head of what would happen if it was our social worker. And then, wouldn't you know, Mark got the call!! :) Jill, our social worker called home but no one was here so she left me a message on my phone and then tried Mark. Luckily he answered! And the crazy thing is, I checked my phone messages at the exact time Mark was getting all of the info. As soon as Jill hung up with Mark she called me, told me everything and said she would be at our house on Saturday morning with the pictures. She then proceeded to tell me how cute she was! I hated having to wait till Saturday! But it was a wonderful day!!! We celebrated by taking the kids to dinner at Logan's. We would've like to do Korean but the closest place is an hour away. We had a fun time celebrating Nia's "arrival". When we showed Grant the picture for the first time he smile and said he wanted to hold her. So we gave him a copy and he has been sleeping with it! He puts it next to his pillow! He is so sweet! The last week has been pretty hectic to say the least. Since I was out of town for three days, the housework and laundry has piled up! And it still is not a priority because now I am determined to get the acceptance paperwork done ASAP and I am putting together a care package to send to Nia. We have some friends who are leaving for Korea on Thursday and they are going to take the care package and take it to Eastern which is Nia's agency there in Seoul. We are so grateful to have this chance because it may be the only opportunity we have to get anything to her. I have NO DOUBT that God has worked this all out. He is so GREAT! What are the chances that we would know someone going to Seoul? Ever?!! And now they are going, right after getting the referral?! We have a VERY loving and gracious God! We are incredibly blessed! So, Nia's Korean name is Hae Yeong (pronounced Yong) Lee. In the picture on the card you see Lee first. Korean's put their last name first when writing. So we will call her Nia Hae Yeong Lipic. Nia is 5 months old and we will hopefully travel to get her in 3 to 4 months. I'm glad it is over the busiest time of the year, hopefully it will go fast!!! She is happy and healthy and we can't wait to meet her! Thank you to all of you who have helped us in this journey. Your prayers, encouragment, financial provision, help with the garage sale, there are too many to list! Thanks to all of you! We love you! Please continue to pray that Nia will stay healthy and well cared for. Her foster mother is the one holding her in one of the pictures. She has been fostering babies for 6 years and is married and has 2 teenage boys. I think she has a sweet face and I know that Nia is being loved!
