A Historic Day

I had to write that title because the news is constantly refering to Obama, but this is a historic day in the Kjernald family. Today we found out that we are officially accepted into the Nepal adoption program here in Sweden. Praise Jesus!!!!!! We will now be one of 10 dossiers sent to Nepal from this agency. They will send us the paperwork and we (well mainly me, due to the fact that Andreas has three jobs) will work on our dossier. The agency said if we work on the paperwork diligently, we can have it done in three weeks. So that is what it will be if I have a choice. The only difference might be that I have to get things from the States. Then the dossier will be off to Nepal immediately. This is so exciting because usually you have to wait in line here in Sweden for a long time before you get into your program, but Nepal being new there is no waiting!!! Thank you Jesus.

Once the paperwork/dossier is in Nepal we will be waiting for the ministry to give us a referral (a picture of a child). So please pray as we wait patiently for that. We also found out that the program is a bit more expensive than the other one that we were looking at. So please pray that the money will be in our account when needed. I trust the Lord whole heartedly with this. In 2005 the day that we found out we could go and get Samuel we were thrilled, but also looking at $10,000 worth of debt. However, that was also the day that we were generously given a little over $10,000. We will never forget how the Lord seemed to move everything so that Samuel could come home. I pray that those lessons will always keep me grateful and trusting in Him.

Andreas is doing well. His jobs keep him pretty busy, but we have this weekend off together. Time to relax and just be a family. This is also the weekend that we worship together in English at an International church in Goteborg. I look forward to these weekends.

I have a special prayer request for all. A good friend, Shawn Taylor, will be traveling to India on a medical mission trip (Shawn is a pediatrician). Please pray for their healthy, safety and ministry there. It is an amazing opportunity to share the love of Christ with a lot of children and adults. I would appreciate that.

I would love to hear from some of you to see what is going on in your lives. You are all in my prayers.

Blessings,
Laurie

This is a panoramic of Kathmandu from when Andreas and I were there picking Samuel up. I can not wait to be there again!