FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!

So as most of you know by now I called yesterday and was told we finally have an interview date scheduled.  I was so excited!  Our date is February 21 which is a Thursday, 35 days from today.  We have already started making plans.  I booked the hotel yesterday.  I have been emailing back and forth with someone at the hotel that we were wanting to stay at.  He told me a couple of weeks ago to let him know as soon as we had our date because they were pretty full for February with some dates completely booked.  Luckily, when i went to make our reservations there was one room available for the week we needed that had a living area and kitchen in it.  It's more like an apartment than a hotel room.  We really wanted this so we would have a way to cook instead of always having to leave to get something.  Also with the living area we will have a place for Michell to move around and play.
I'm very nervous about traveling to Honduras since i have read that it is the murder capital of the world.  The most important thing for us is that we were staying in a safe place.  After emailing back and forth with this guy from the hotel I feel that we will be in a safe and secure area.  The hotel itself is located in what is suppose to be a "safe" residential area.  He also said they have a security fence around the entire hotel as well as cameras that are monitored 24 hours a day.  They also have security guards at the hotel at all times.  He also told me they have a driver at the hotel that can take us anywhere to need to go like shopping, back and forth from the embassy etc..so we don't have to rely on taxis.  In a country like this you don't know which taxis are safe or not.  Anyway, with all of that squared away i feel pretty good.  Of course with safety comes a price but I'm trying not to think about that part.  I am just praying that God will continue to see us through this journey both financially and in every other way.

I booked our plane tickets this morning so that is another thing checked off the list.  It really seems like it's going to happen now.  After all of our planning and researching and working it seems like it's finally coming together.  Everyone keeps asking if i am nervous about everything and honestly I'm not.  I feel like we are prepared.  I have researched enough that i feel like we have everything in place for the interview itself.  I just hope that we get this done without the request of a DNA test which will put us months behind getting her here instead of her coming back with us next month.

As far as being nervous about her being here, I haven't allowed myself to think about that yet.  I know it will be challenging and i know it wont be easy for any of us but i am confident we can make it work and help her through this difficult transition.

There is still much to do before we leave.  The medical appointment for Michell was made this morning.  She has to be examined by an embassy appointed doctor to make sure she has all of the immunizations required in the US for her age.  She will do this on the 12th.  Once this is completed we will finally have everything required.

We still have to figure out our plans for Micah since we aren't taking him with us.  This is another thing i have tried not to think about much.  We will be leaving him for the first time and that makes me a little nervous.  He will most likely be with my mom but I'm still sad about leaving him.  We still have to contact banks and credit cards about traveling out of the country.  I have to go talk to my teachers about being gone for a week and hope that i will be able to make up what i miss.  Still much to do and my list keeps growing but i know we will get it all taken care of.

Its just a good kind of anxious that i feel now.  Ready to go, get it done, and get back to the rest of our kids.

Don't know that i will have much to update before we actually leave but I'm taking my laptop so that I can blog while we are away and everyone can know how things are going. 

Thank you to everyone who has been praying for us during this process.  I truly believe that God has a plan for all of us.  Even though I have been very impatient at times he always has a way of turning it around and showing me that his timing was exactly the way it needed to be.  I am so thankful for everything that has come together so far and continue to believe that he is guiding our every move.