She is OURS!

This past Friday, April 16th was a very exciting day for us. Below I have copy/pasted the notes I was putting on Facebook to keep our family and friends updated on the events of the day. We have had a wonderful weekend celebrating answered to prayers - Grace will be apart of our family soon!

Hannah Grace Adoption Update #1

For all Hannah Grace prayer warriors and supports, as many of you know we are waiting for my fingerprint results to come in from the FBI, it is the last piece of the puzzle for our homestudy to adopt Grace. Tomorrow is the BIG court day! I was told by my caseworker they have no reason to believe that tomorrow will not go smooth and Grace can officially become an Evje! :) Please remember Grace's birthmother in your prayers. She will be in court tomorrow and I can not imagine how difficult tomorrow will be for her.

Today I got the phone number to FBI and called. I got to the correct dept and explained our situation that the only thing that really keeping us from our daughter is my fingerprint results. The nice lady on the line starts to give me the run around. I break down and tears and she asks me all the details of the envelope I sent, the tracking #, what day it arrived, my contact info, etc...She said she would do her best. Then 15 minutes later I received another call from that dept from a very sweet lady that said she could not imagine what we are going through right now and that she will go looking for our envelope to expedite these fingerprint results. She gave me her direct line and asked me to call her Monday to get the status and see if she was able to locate and process! Amen! I felt like all those prayers for these fingerprints....God is working....and hopefully this will be complete next week!
Please join us in continuing to pray for our sweet homecoming with Grace. I hope to share great news with everyone tomorrow evening once court is done. Thank you for your kind words, encouragement and prayers.

Hannah Grace Adoption Update #2

My adoption caseworker told me that they have a late afternoon case. She said do not be surprised if I do not hear from her until after 4:30pm. She promised to call as soon as court is over.

GREAT NEWS!! I called FBI again this afternoon and got my friend "Julie." Julie told me they found my envelope and the fingerprints. They have put the fingerprints through to process and she asked me to call back Monday morning for status. Julie said she would overnight the results to the agency once they receive them. Thank you Lord for compassionate FBI employees!
As long as court goes fine today....which I will post again once I hear.....we should get Grace Tuesday or Wednesday. Praise God! Hallelujah!
I have been singing and dancing around the house and I know my dog thinks I am crazy. We are crazy for this little girl that has stolen our hearts and we have not even met her! :)

Hannah Grace Adoption Update #3

Court went as expected. All birthparental rights were terminated. Hannah Grace is our sweet girl the Lord has entrusted to us. As you might imagine I am overwhelmed with emotions right now. I am typing through tears of joy! God is so good! It looks like our placement will be next week based on getting the fingerprint results. We will know better on Monday what day next week will be our placement day!

"For this child I prayed and the Lord has granted me what I asked of Him." - I Samuel 1:27