PLEASE LET US OUT PGN!!!!!

Well I was hoping that the next time I wrote would be to tell you that we were out of PGN but that has not happened yet. We are still waiting with little word on progress however we know that God has promised to go behind the scenes and we know He is at work even if we cannot see it right now. I tried to call down there and check on our case yesterday but they said their computers were down to call back at 3pm. So I called back and they were still down. She then told me to call back tomorrow (which is today). I called back today and same basic run around. One time they said on the second reviewer's desk, another time said the computer were down again. So how really knows besides God where we are at in the process. I try so hard to not worry about it and try to stay away from surfing the internet to find one morsel or information, but it is sooooooooo hard! I feel so helpless just sitting here in the US as she grows up without us in another country. It has really bothered me lately I guess more than ever since she is already over a year old. I thought for sure she would be home by now. We just sent her another package today. It was kind of sad because I had to send the rest of her little summer clothes knowing that unless a miracle happens it will now be fall when we get her home. I cried as I packed up her things she should be wearing here and placed them in a box to ship to her. I also included a letter to our foster family of thanks and some pictures of the family, so she can at least get use to seeing our faces. I also had to include a purse this time! haha A girl just needs her purse no matter how small she may be!
Many of you have asked how we are doing on raising the remainder of the money. Here is a rough run down of what they tell us we owe to date:

* $950.00 (foreign fees balance - raised $9050 to date due immediately after we get out of PGN)

* $2500.00 travel expense for pick up trip (includes airfare, hotel and meals)

* 2nd DNA Test $440.00 due right after we get out of PGN

* Child's Visa $390.00 due on our pickup trip

* Flu Shot $26.00 Due right before we travel for pickup

*Vaccine Shot $115.00 Due right before we travel for pickup

*Our Guatemalan Escort while we are in country for pickup $300.00 Due before we travel

* Doctor Visit $85.00 Due right before we travel for pickup

* Foster Care (Six months was included in our original foreign fees, but since it has been taking so much longer, they require the families to pay for any foster care over six months. So the amount depends on when we get to travel, but we are guessing around Ocotober, so we figured up 8 extra months of foster care at $350.00 per month. $2800.00

Rough Total of outstanding expenses: $7606.00

Post adoption expenses not included in this amount are somewhere around $1200.00 for home study visits, and for us to readopt her in the US so she will have a US birth certificate. That is for lawyer fees.

Thanks for all your prayers, words of encouragement and cards. You have no idea at this stage in the process just how a couple of words or you posting on the guest book means to us. Keep praying for us to get out of PGN and for a quick Birth Certificate. That is what determines how fast we can travel once we get out of PGN. On a good note, after we get out of PGN, Guatemala will recognize her legally as our daughter! Pray that I can be patient and wait on God's perfect timing. I get so excited, then anxious, then antsy etc. All of the emotions a person can have at this point!

Love you!

April, Greg and Chloe!