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On this journey to bring our daughter home, God has taught me on an even deeper level how reckless His love is for each of His children. The lengths He will go, the mountains He will climb, the walls He will kick down, leaving the ninety-nine, for one. For you, for me, for my daughter, Hope.<\/p>\n

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<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Adoption Update:<\/h2>\nToday, July 6, 2018 after many years of waiting, God has graciously answered our prayers. Today the adoption for our daughter Hope has gone into effect!!<\/p>\nWe had our court date in Bulgaria where we were represented by our Bulgarian adoption agency on Friday, June 29th and after a seven day waiting period the adoption is now effective. If you remember, we prayed for a July court date, another amazing answer to prayer!<\/p>\nThe next step is to wait for the declaration of Hope\u2019s adoption to be created, processed and translated. This can take up to a month. After this Hope\u2019s new birth certificate will be made. Once she has a birth certificate than a Visa appointment can be scheduled. We will then get the green light to buy our plane tickets!<\/p>\nWe should have tentative travel dates in the next week or two. We\u2019ve been told to anticipate traveling as soon as late July or early August! 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