oh what a difference an email can make!

I came home tonight, walked in the back door and was greeted by the smell of a wonderful stirfry meal that my husband was creating. It was a nice touch since I had spent the day disappointed since our foster care license had, once again, NOT arrived in the mail. The nice meal with my hubby perked my spirits and after dinner I headed to the office to catch up on emails. THATS WHEN I SAW IT! - an email from our DHS licensing worker. Initially I thought it was just a reply to an email I sent him earlier on another topic but when I opened it I saw these awesome words - "the license was issued as of today". That means that although we don't hold the paper in our hands, we ARE licensed! It also dawned on me that it was exactly two months ago today that we met with the licensing worker for the first time to start this whole process. It has gone amazingly smooth and reportedly much quicker than is average - 2 months versus an average of three to six months. We are still confident that God is blessing this undertaking and we are so excited to now see how He will use us! Thanks to all who have been praying for this process and continue to pray for what the future will hold for us! What a great start to the week!