That was quick!

WE HAVE MATCHING APPROVAL!!!  I can't even tell you have excited we are.  What has made this even more special is that we asked for prayer just yesterday.  THANK YOU to everyone who prayed for us.  God's faithfulness amazes us every step of the way in our journey.  Thank you so much for being a part of this. 

So what is "matching approval"???
This was the next big step we were waiting for.  This is where the adoption unit in HK looked at his information and ours and decided we would be a good match.  And now we can have contact with him.  We also have MORE paperwork!  We have to send more information to the U.S. Department of Immigration.  We also get to send our package to our boy.  It includes a University of Memphis t-shirt, some toy cars, a blanket that we have slept with to get our scent on, and a photo album we made of us, our family, and our friends.  We are also going to work on a video to send him.  We will do a tour of the house and the zoo.  I also had a great idea to video us making a stuffed animal at Build-A-Bear and then taking the animal to him when we see him.  We want the video to be fun and interesting so he will want to watch it over and over until we meet.  While this approval is a major step our social worker said we are still a few months from traveling to go and get him.  So we still have more waiting, but we see the light at the end of the tunnel!

Thanks again for praying!  You will never know how much that means to us.
Katie