We are going to Seoul!!!

The Waterers have received TRAVEL APPROVAL!!!!!!!! Lord willing, we will meet our Noel on 6/7 or 6/8.Please pray for us. God is good. To Him be the Glory. John 14:18.

Delay/a.k.a. God's plan, not mine

So, we are still waiting. My prediction of Noel having her Visa Interview on 5/22 has proven to be not true. Now I know how the weatherman feels when he predicts 3 inches of snow and the skies produce not one snowflake. I am thankful to know Who is really in control. In the meantime, we wait. Humanly speaking, now I think it will be at least another week before Noel goes to the Embassy. Please continue to pray for us to rest in God's timing and not our own. Stay tuned...:)

Two things Left

Hi! I hope you all have had a great week. We have been to the beach this week. I will post some pictures later..it was a great trip and a blessing to have some good quality time together. Our time as a family of 5 is drawing to a close. This week a few final steps took place(see timeline) bringing us very close to Noel's homecoming. Basically all that is left is for her to have a Visa Interview. According to all the timeline stalking I have been doing:), it seems this will be on Tuesday May 22. Then comes our Travel Call! Please pray for us the last few days as we finish a few last minute preparations and begin summer. These past few weeks have been a whrilwind. Stay tuned...to be continued!

Ice Cream at Seaside

what my hair looks like at the beach:)

supper at Rosemary beach

swimming at Water Sound

meeting our friend Bo Bailey(newest addition to Hunter and Abbie Bailey)

dinner at Boondocks

a little put-put

lunch in Montgomery with Campbell on the way home

we miss you Kurt and Marty!

i600 came to our mailbox!

Update: Our completed i600 just came in the mail!!!! Happy Day! One more step closer:)

What's Left?

Hi Friends! We spoke with our USCIS officer via phone yesterday and she told us she had approved our i600. This is good news! It still has to make it to Korea in order for us to be called for travel. From USCIS it goes to the National Visa Center. The folks there log the i600 into their system and then log it out. After that it is electronically submitted to the U.S. embassy in Seoul. In Seoul the Korean paperwork and the American paperwork meet. This is called the P3. The embassy submits a request to Holt Korea for all of Noel's documents. Holt Korea then submits her P3 back to the embassy. After that, the embassy schedules her Visa Interview. The foster mom physically takes her to the the U.S. embassy to have her picture made for her one-way Visa into the United States. Then comes the TRAVEL CALL. As of right now the earliest predicted travel call would be around the 15th or 16th of May. This is based on other people's timelines and is only a prediction. (Only our Father in heaven knows the exact time we will meet our Noel...)It could be as long as a week to 10 days after that...but the point is..WE ARE ABOUT TO GET ON A PLANE! Things around here are very busy with the end of school for the kids, dance recital, and baseball. I guess it is a good thing that we are busy so we don't have too much time to ponder these last days...although every milisecond of down time I have is spent wondering...

when will we go?

what will she be like?

what will the kids think?

do we have everything ready?

will she recognize us from the pictures we have sent?

does her foster mom speak English?

where does she sleep, in a bed, on a mat?

does she sleep?

will I ever sleep again??

You get the point...my mind is racing...Please pray for us to enjoy these last few days as a family of 5, that God would prepare our hearts, the kids hearts, and Noel's heart for her homecoming. Stay tuned!

(p.s. see the adoption timeline for a list of steps remaining)

EP Approved!!!!!

We just got an email that said Noel's Exit Permit(EP) has been approved!!!!