Could it have really been that fast? Being in the middle of it, it seemed like it was taking FOREVER! Finding the house, repairing/updating/modifying the house (it had been vacant for over a year - in Africa - lots of work to do), starting the governmental registration process, getting the governmental run-around, submitting and resubmitting paperwork, waiting for the recognition letter to receive babies, waiting, waiting, waiting.
But as I have been reminded, it takes nine months for a baby to be born, so getting three babies in three months isn't too bad.
We received our letter on Thursday and went to pick up our babies on Friday. They have been at Nairobi Childrens Home, a government home. Lisa and I had already gone there and identified the babies a few weeks ago. It was such an amazing feeling to see the reality of it as they brought the babies out for us to take.
This is Jackie. She is here working with me until the end of October. Since Lisa left and Kris has not yet come, it is a huge blessing to have Jackie! 
After all that registration process, all the waiting to receive "the letter," this is what it came down to. Just a signature. In fact, a huge mix-up and we even stopped to pick up the babies when we did not have the letter with us. No problem! They still released them to us with a simple, sign-the-book kind of thing. And you can see how old and dirty the book is. Oh-so-official! Yaye! But praise God...He brought us here and now these three babies have been untrusted into the care of His Cherished Ones (Haven of Hope). May God continue to guide us as we care for His cherished treasures...Julia, Jeremiah (Milton), and Elizabeth.
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