Letters from Home....

Now, My biggest girls birthday is December 5th. She will be 15! I can't believe that she is already almost to drive by American laws. I had an album made full of of their summer host pictures while they were here. I mailed it in hopes that Ania would get it for her birthday. I mailed letters from everyone here to them int he same box. We miss them so much and can not wait to have a house full of beautiful smiles and giggles.

Adam has completed his college paperwork and mailed it in for University of Kentucky. He is a wise man trapped in a teenager body.We are proud. He is going to be a missionary and spread the word of God to all. He wants to work with orphans. That is near and dear to his heart, for more reasons than just having adopted sisters..........

We are just hanging tight waiting for new information. Nothing new thus far. Happy Thanksgiving friends!
We have alot to be thankful for.

YIPEE!!!!!!

Well, this week we completed all our dossier and our 1-171H has been approved! It will be coming in the mail soon.

YIPEE! Everything is done, now our dossier will be heading for the Ukraine. Then we wait.

The girls were upset because they were not coming over Christmas break but I know they understand that we don't have the money to bring them home without knowing when we could be going back to get them, for good.

I did receive a notice from Katelyn's Fund telling me that I was not approved for their assistance. I mailed our application for A Child Waits Foundation in hope they can assist us. I pray for even a interest free or low interest loan. Either way, I do not worry for I know that God has plans for them and us. It will work out.

I have heard from some other couples that were adopting and I am so glad that they too are working away to get their kids home too. Special thanks to all the ones who are supporting us, you are priceless. Thank you!

Well, first things first.....

Good news to all........
We completed all our goals! The rest is in our Lord's hands. Strong and mighty are they. We hit this crossroad when we were not sure what the outcome was going to be in Ethiopia. Now, God has showed us exactly which path to take.


The answered was: The road less traveled. 


In the morning, we head to meet our Ethiopian girls. Emili and Abbigale are 10 and they live in an orphanage in Kamashi. We are going to court this trip and then we have to go back to get them to come home after passing the embassy.


Then, we head to Ukraine......

One step closer and closer and closer.........

Today, we have completed a MAJOR milestone. For the last several weeks since the girls left, we have tried to gather as much fundraising activies as possible to help raise money. We completed 3 goals in the last 2 weeks.

1st goal- get the care package sent to Maggie to give to the girls on her visit

2nd goal- order all paperwork, collect all data and copies needed for the Ukranian dossier

3rd goal- get all papers notarized and notary validated to get apostilled

YAHOO!!!!!

Now, our homestudy update will be done Monday night. Then we wait.........

We leave for Ethiopia this Thursday for 2 weeks to go to court for our first trip.

Need Your Help

OK folks, I need your help. A family that we have become very close with in our adoption journey is  in need. They are adopting 4 siblings. That's right folks, 4! They are selling raffle tickets for an I Pad 2. The tickets are $10 each or 3 for $25. The drawing will be Oct. 25th. These are very loving people that are doing what God has called them to do.

You will be helping them AND getting chance to win an I Pad!! You can skip lunch one day to help four beautiful children join their forever family!!

You can write me a check or give me cash and they will mail the tickets to me. They live in North Carolina. Nope, they ARE NOT Duke fans!! I know that is important to us in Kentucky.

Seriously folks, PLEASE help if you can.

Roger

A letter to warm your soul.....

Thank you cards and handwritten letters are priceless. My heart breaks daily as I think about the girls staying there any longer than they have too. I wanted to share this beautiful letter and card I received form my girls.

I have only the translation emailed to me by Dima. I choose to keep that personal to myself. None the less, they are missing home and we miss them.

On Slow down......for now

We have had nothing but a slew of things hit all at once. Seems that We need to take a step back and breath right now. The cost of this and that has been unreal. I thought we would be able to use alot of our documents on the Ukrainian dossier. We could however, alot had to be updated and new certificates. That was more than I had anticipated it being. The new certificates and background check was needed for that and my updated home study.

The cost of our new updated home study and the I-600 fees have to be paid before we can do anything at all. Honestly, we do not have it right now. So, we have decided to continue to raise our money like we have been and then, we can resume. We have requested assistance grants/loans from several organizations but have not heard anything from them. Our agency has been wonderful and supportive at helping us. We have to keep in our mind that our needs must come before our desires.

Meanwhile, I will continue to make bracelets, necklaces, collect old cell phones and sell items we don't use to help raise the money needed to get the home study completed and our 1-600 filed. What God intends for us to have, he will give us. Please continue to pray for all our children.