Dossier in Kazakhstan

We just found out a few days ago that our dossier is in Kazakhstan. We didn't realize it had made it out of the Consulate. It was such wonderful news!

We also put in a region request to our agency. They said they would add a letter to our dossier as it moves from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Ministry of Education. I think the MOE is actually the ministry that decides the region but our dossier will include a preference. We'll see how it works out. As we told our agency, we'll just be happy to meet our child - any region.

We've started thinking about what we will need for our trip. I've been reading through yahoo groups, adoption blogs, etc., to get ideas. We even did a little shopping for our trip yesterday. Since we found out things are moving along, we decided we needed to prepare. I'm reminded of the farmer story in Facing The Giants - we've been praying for this - we need to get ready.