Translation Done!

We picked up the final translation yesterday. After first being translated to Kreole instead of the required French on the translators bad assumption, the received French copy was full of errors- we fixed 21 errors in mismatched dates and names. As of today it is complete and ready to send to the Haitian Consulate for verification before it travels to Haiti to begin the governmental process there. Please pray for protection over these precious documents that have taken 4 months to get ready and have now put us about 5 weeks behind our original timeline.
We spoke with Chris Nungester this week. Baby Grace passed her Psychological Evaluation with flying colors. The only concern was her lack of desire or inability(hard to tell with a 2 month old) to raise her head and shoulders off the ground. There is some concern of an issue here, but all other tests checked out, so please be in continued prayer for her health. She is receiving a full blood work up this week(apparently she is both syphillis and HIV free), and will be seen by a cardiologist in late October, followed by a Neurologist in November. We hope and pray that all these tests would find nothing more, but if they do, that we would realize it is all in God's plan and that we would find the medical care and resources necessary when she comes home to us.
We also received word that Daphna is getting in more teeth and is walking around in her pack-n-play quited easily. She is going to need to be quite sure on her feet if she plans on keeping up with her big sister Megan.....
We have begun submitting for Grant requests to help offset the cost of adding Grace to the adoption. There are four seperate grants, all with need for letters of reference, financial information, home studies and applications. There is no end of the paperwork in sight! We are also in process of obtaining as much medical info on Grace in order to begin applying for donated surgeries for her hands and feet. These surgeries should be done sooner than later, so prayer that an organization would offer to help and that medical visas could be obtained to bring here to the States for care. (preferrably Grand Rapids!) She will qualify for such surgeries if she is "correctable" and the adoption is not finalized.
Thank you for all the prayer and support offered. We can feel the peace and presence of God as we continue to work towards getting the girls home.

Geoff, Judy, Sam, Meg, Josh, Daphna and Grace