Paperwork Sprint Update!!

If you read the previous POST...you knew we had to do some things very quickly. The Lord was very gracious and allowed all the paperwork to get collecting in the course of 5 hours and sent off to the Secretary of State in WA.

Here is a little recap of the day.

* The two people who wrote references for us, rewrote their reference paperwork and got them notarized.
* Go down and pick up a certified copy of our marriage license.
* Meet the Bade's to pick up reference letter.
* Go to doctor office to have them do a new physical and rewrite letter on their letterhead and notarize.
* Meet social worker to pick up notarized documentation from her so we can include it in our cover letter.
* Pick up 2nd reference letter
* Back to office to write out cover letter to send to Secretary of State.
* Go to bank to have cover letter notarized.
* Go to Post Office and send documents before 5:30.
* I looked at the clock as I left the post office...5:23!!!!

This all happened in about a 3 hour window, which is kind of amazing. The Lord was very good and gracious to us in allowing this all to get done in such a quick time period...and as far as we can tell, each and every day matters.

Next Step: Wait until we get the paperwork back from the Washington State Secretary of State, then we have to send it to our courier service in D.C. who then takes it to the Department of State to have it authenticated and then to the Ethiopian Embassy, then to our agency, which will hopefully get it to Ethiopia very quickly.