I had been planning on writing a completely different update, but things have been turned on their head today (in a good way).  We received an email from our agency about a birth mother requesting more profile books to look over (in addition to the several she already had), but there were a couple things in her medical history chart that didn't align with our initial "comfort level" packet.  However, after some quick online research, prayer with Ruben and a phone call with our caseworker, we decided that God is in control and gave permission for our book to be shown.  

The amazing part is, she is 8.5 months pregnant, due on Christmas day but already having contractions.  If she chooses us, we literally could become parents any day now.

What a faith challenge this adoption journey has been and continues to be; this is completely out of our control, waiting to be chosen (not that we really are in control to begin with:)  It's like a small glimpse of what it must feel like to be our Father, God, just waiting in excited anticipation for us to say "YES" back to Him, to choose Him as He has already chosen to love us.  We already love our future child so much, as well as the birth parents, and can't wait to meet them.  
As 1 Peter 1:8-9 says: "Though you have not seen Christ, you love Him; and even though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for which you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls."

We should know in the next few days whether or not we are to be parents to a beautiful baby...and all I can say is, "wow."