Prayer Request: An increase in fees

Please pray for us.  We just received word this afternoon that China is increasing the number of post-placement reports from 3 in 1 year, to an additional 3 over 5 years!  While we certainly don't mind giving them an update on how well we are caring for our girl, at this point our concern is the additional costs involved in the additional 3 reports and 5 years that our adoption agency will now be charging us for.  In addition, we have to pay these additional fees prior to our travel to China to pick up Joylee Aiyu.  Please know we are faithful to know that God will provide, it's just a bit of uneasiness about an unexpected fee increase especially since we are still in the process of raising the funds we were already aware of.  We'd appreciate your prayers and we'll keep you posted.  At this tine we have no idea of the costs involved, but I don't need a number to know that we need to bring this before our Heavenly Father who already has it all figured out.  I, on the other hand with limited knowledge and forward vision would appreciate your prayers as we wait to see how God will provide.

One Year Old

They tell us they don't know "exactly" when Joylee Aiyu was born.  They know she was premature and was tiny at birth, just a little over three pounds!  She was left where she would be found quickly, an indication of the the love of her birth mother and father.  When she arrived at the orphanage, she was taken to the hospital for about a month of treatment.  They guess that she was about four days old when she was left to be found.  With that, they estimated that she was born on June 28 and that is the date they assigned as her date of birth on all official records.  So, our little girl was born a year ago June 28.  That date came and went and while we celebrated her birthday with a small cake for breakfast, we quickly got into a busy day with Kristine having knee surgery.  It was surreal in many ways.  While we celebrate her year of life, we don't have her here with us yet.  We know she is real and her year of life is more special than we can ever imagine or communicate.  So, we celebrate Aiyu's first year and look forward to many more as a part of the Wells family.