Adoption News!

We finally have our home study completed! We have several things apostilled. We are currently waiting on the official paper from the Immigration. First, we will have to be fingerprinted again. Waiting for that appointment. Hopefully, we'll get that by the end of the week or so. I'm not sure why I am rush-rush about this, except that I had a goal of getting this dossier off by the end of the year.

We have a few things that need to be revised and our birth certs from other states and marriage license needs apostilled and our letter to ICBF notarized. New fam and house pics for ICBF. We have the photo album for our daughter.

So, that's where we are...with the paper chase!

This weekend we are having our first big fundraiser. It is a concert benefit. We have sold almost 50 tickets, raising almost $500. Up until this point, we have paid for everything thru me working extra at the hospital. BUT saying that, I must also acknowledge Ben, too. Because if he didn't play such a vital role in this, I wouldn't be able to work as much. We sent out letters for our first adoption. Even though, that's not a bad idea, we didn't want to do that this time. We wanted to raise the funds thru working harder, saving more money, applying for grants, and doing creative fundraising. So, the concert is the BIG event for the end of the year. Please pray that it is a BIG success and we sale 50 more tickets... raising a total of $1000 for the adoption! We need $3500 to send the dossier off. We will have the dossier completed once the I-800A comes in... which they have estimated 5-6 weeks. (It's been gone for about a week now.) Anyways, pray!

Thanks!