We have been invited to travel!

Hi friends and family. We are thrilled to be sharing this news with you all. Today we received our letter of invitation from Kazakhstan. This was the last major piece in this adoption puzzle. The date that we were given is at the end of this month!!! It could be after that depending on a few different things (but not too long after). So...we will be on our way across the world to meet our daughter in just a few weeks :-) We should receive our referral any day.
We received the news today as James and I were at the pool with our dear friends Emily and Darren who came to visit us for the weekend. We were able to call James' Mom who was soooooo excited and ended the night discussing what names my parents want their future Granddaughter to call them. What a great, great day!
God has blessed us and guided us in ways we don't even understand and we are so thankful for his constant hand in our journey. Now, instead of praying for paper work and approvals, we can focus on prayer for Ava as a person and for our travel details. We are almost at the end of this adventure...Praise the Lord. Expect many updates on our blog in the next few weeks. Thanks, as always, for your love and support. Ava is blessed to be coming home to such open arms.