Miracle Received (AKA We've got our money!)

Well, we just had an awesome miracle happen around here. Jeff and I have been stressing a bit about how we were going to come up with the remainder of the money that we owe for our adoption. We didn't want it to hinder us from bringing Will home as soon as possible, but the thought of coming up with the rest of it seemed to be an insurmountable task. Of course it's not impossible for God, and we know that, but knowing it and totally letting go and trusting are sometimes two different things, even though they shouldn't be! We got an invoice from our agency yesterday, and they wanted the second half of our India Country Fee.....so far, we have been able to use our savings to pay for everything, but we have exhausted our account at this point. Well, we contacted Jeff's parents, and they were very happy to loan us the money.....and while this was a wonderful gesture on their parts, we were still wondering how we were going to find it in our budget to pay them back each month, assuming based on the amount that we borrowed that our payments would be pretty high. Well, as it turns out, Jeff's dad informed us that he can't take the money with him when he dies, and it's just sitting there for something like this to come along, and we don't have to pay him back right away! What an answer to prayer, and a total blessing! They really didn't have to do this, and while we knew they were willing and wanted to help us out financially, we never expected them to just hand over the remainder of the money that we needed to complete our whole adoption. It's so amazing, we just still can't wrap our minds around it! Now all that we have to come up with are our traveling expenses.....still a large sum, but not nearly as large as our actual adoption expenses, and we do have a bunch of grant requests out that we have not heard back on yet. We just feel like such a burden has been lifted off of our shoulders.....we have been so excited to bring our baby boy home, but at the same time, sort of dreading the day that the agency would want the rest of their money. I suppose that everyone who is adopting feels this way though, so I am not too surprised. We are hoping to hear something back from Homeland Security soon about our I-800 paperwork.....just praying that it gets through the system very quickly! Other than that, our dossier is done and on it's way to the agency for their review, and then it will be on it's way to India. I don't know how long the process takes once India receives it, because it is different for every adoption. There are just so many variables. We will just keep praying for miracles, that our paperwork will fly through the system, and that God will keep our little Will healthy and strong enough to withstand travel until we can get him home. For now, we are concentrating on the positive....the fact that Will was given one surgery already, that he recovered from it so well, that we were matched so quickly with him, and that the funds needed have become available. God is in the business of miracles, and we are seeing that in every step of our process!