Hopefully...?

I heard back from our adoption worker the next day, this is what she said:
"I talked to Mrs. T. today at the Embassy. She said that they are working on the case now in HCMC and that she will let me know as soon as it moves to Hanoi. Hopefully it will not be long now!!"

Ok, sounds promising but I'm not getting my hopes up. How long does it take to "work on", how long does it take to "move to Hanoi", how long does it have to be "in Hanoi" and what do they do with it there?

Please join me in prayer that I will have our daughter home BEFORE Christmas and that I will not be traveling at that time! Of course if I have to I will, but I've never missed a Christmas with my children and I don't want to start now. We would have Christmas when I got home, but it wouldn't be the same, but at least Anah would be with us.

How can I explain how I feel? I just want to touch her, hold her, rub her hair, kiss her cheek, brush her hair, help her put lotion on her skin, put soft clothes on her back and snuggle her into a soft warm bed. Kiss her good night, read her a story, tell her about Jesus's love and how He brought us to her and her to us. Tell her how Jesus died for all our sins and that we will always be together in Heaven with Jesus some day. I know she won't understand me for quite some time, not just intellectually, but mainly due to the language barrier. I just want to start caring for and loving my little girl. My heart is so heavy and burdened for her, I just want her to know how special she is and how wanted and loved she is.

We still don't have the money I need to live on while I'm there. Both cars needed repaired and we had the unexpected cost of going to PA with PJ to see his college. Not that the cost of those things would have covered what I need, but it would have been a start. The two "ways" that we thought we were going to get the needed cash have not panned out. It is money owed us, but people/companies have not been paying us as they should. We are pursuing legal action, but that is a long process and sometimes people would rather go to jail than part with money (as has been in our case :o( ). So we are stuck in limbo, knowing we have the money we need, but not being able to get our hands on it, VERY frustrating.

Please pray for speed in getting Anah home and for the financial provision we need.