It's in the mail!

We both breathed a huge sigh of relief as we pulled out of the Office Depot parking lot this afternoon. Our paperwork is finally complete and on its way to Russia, via our agency!

Yesterday, we made the 2 1/2 hour trip to Tallahassee to get the rest of our documents apostilled (certified by the Secretary of State). On our way, we prayed that we would find favor with the person working. She looked through our documents, and told us there was something missing on most of our notarizations: they were supposed to say "ID provided for verification." But she said she was willing to apostille them anyway. What a quick and clear answer to prayer! We were so grateful. She told us she often has people crying in her office after finding out they need to re-do their documents. Thankfully, we didn't become one of those tearful couples!

Today we went to Office Depot to make 4 sets of copies of our 25 documents (each document is at least two pages long). As you can imagine, we were standing there for quite awhile! We sent the originals and 3 sets of copies to our agency, and kept one set for ourselves. We dropped them in a UPS box, and they are now in the mail. Please join us in praying that we would continue to find favor with each person who handles our documents, and that the process would move relatively quickly.