An update on Emma...

Emma's 2nd birthday will be on November 13.  We arranged to send her a care package and have a Chinese coordinator named Angela arrange for a birthday cake to be delivered to the orphanage so they can have a birthday party for her.  As if to prove that God's hand is in the midst of this, she happened to have remembered that someone was advocating for Emma in June 2011 and she had updates pictures and a video!  Angela sent them to us and with bated breath, we saw our little girl again.  We were surprised to see that she looked soooo different from her initial picture.  We started to worry.  First of all, her hair was thinning, not thickening.  She wasn't as pink or as healthy looking as she was in her original pictures and she looked downright angry!  At first, I thought Angela had sent the wrong pictures but the more I studied the facial features of Emma's first pictures, I could still see Emma's face in the updated pictures - she just didn't seem as healthy or happy.  Even though the report stated that her activity level was fine, she looked pale and quiet. Oh no, I thought, we have to get her NOW!!  She needs nourishment, love and medical attention and she needs it NOW!  So the urgency started to bubble from within.  We have been waiting 39 days so far for our LOA.  Some families have been waiting 100+ days and still have not gotten approval.  How much longer will it be?  Once we get LOA, we still have 3 more approvals to get.  It could take anywhere between 3-6 months more!  Lord PLEASE help us!  Even though we are hurrying as much as possible, I feel like we are loosing the race. Lord please. Please.