"Through the Valley"

I have just felt such peace in my heart that God will bring Luke home to us very soon. God has opened my eyes so much and my heart just feels full. I know without God I couldn’t make it. I praise Him for that. The journey has been long and the road is hard. I have realized the truth, we must go through the valley’s to stand up on the mountain of God. We have been in the valley, way to long and I feel God is helping us to the top of that mountain.
We have just updated some documents to send to Russia, for the judge to review. Please pray that the judge will grant us a court date very soon, Luke needs to be home. As always I just ask that you continue to pray for the other families waiting to return to Russia. Phillip and I are trying to get a box ready to send to the orphanage in Saratov, we have so many things that Luke will not be able to wear when he gets home and we felt that the other children could use them. We plan to send a picture of Luke, Phillip and I from our first trip and include a note (translated in Russian) and something just for Luke. I am very excited about getting this to the baby home, It makes me feel like I am doing a little something for him.
We received an update on Luke about a week ago. They gave us his new measurements, he was 17 lbs when we were in Russia in February and he is now 19 lbs. He has grown about 2 inches, I am just so happy he is growing and gaining a little weight.
I will keep you all up to date on the document process and hope that I will have good news very soon. Thank you all so much for your positive words and especially for all your prayers. God Bless…