A Special Valentine "Invitation"

What a wonderful day it has been! My sweet husband took me out to lunch for (what else?) Chinese food! He worked very hard to make this a special day. Thanks, honey, for all that you did! I am so blessed to have such a sweet husband of almost twenty-four years!

As if that wasn't enough, I went to the mailbox this afternoon and there were three "special invitations" for Tim, Rachel and me from USCIS, (aka "Homeland Security"), for our refingerprinting appointments! It has only been about two weeks since we sent our request and forms to them. Cincinnati, here we come! We would really appreciate your prayers as we head to Cincy next Thursday, February 21! Please pray for safe traveling, cooperative weather, and clear directions to the office there. It's in the heart of Cincy and we are not familiar with that area at all! We are thankful that this will work out well since Rachel will be on winter break at that time. Here we go again! This will be yet another step to our sweet little baby girl in China! It's not every day that we get a "Valentine" from Homeland Security! :)

I promised to keep you informed and I'm thrilled that today brought joy in many ways. Happy Valentine's Day to our dear little China baby, to our precious family and to our dear friends who walk beside us in this journey. Hold on, little Sweetie Pie/s, we are still working hard to bring you home and we took another step toward you today. What a special Valentine's Day it has been.

Thanks to everyone for your continued friendship, prayers and encouragement! Celebrate life and love today and every day!
Cherishing this moment,
Tim, Terri, Rachel and Micah