They don't object!

Great news from DC today...we got word that our Dossier was picked up from the Rwandan embassy with the non-objection letter! I'll admit, a "non-objection letter" doesn't sound like a ringing endorsement, but we've been assured that they don't have a "we're really excited about this family" letter, so we're pretty sure that this is about as good as we can do.

So, that means that the dossier (all of our adoption documents) with the letter will be starting to cover the 7,205 mile journey to Kigali, Rwanda via FedEx sometime tomorrow! [On a side note, I tried to figure out the distance on Google Maps, but it couldn't do it. People keep saying that Google is going take over the world, but I find it hard to believe that they could take it over if they don't even know the directions for how to get from DC to Kigali.]

So, we're excited, really excited...and starting to ache a little bit more for our son or daughter each day. Thanks to each of you who are coming along with us on this journey (figuratively, of course), and especially to the incredible people who sacrificed lots of their precious time and stuff to make the yard sale such a huge success this weekend. I was overcome with gratitude in a way that I have rarely been in my life. We're very blessed.

Next big step: Rwandan Ministry of Family and Gender approval
Timing: Several months...we'll keep you in the loop in the meantime