November 19th, 2015
Praise God!! We got our fingerprint appointment today. I have never been so happy to see mail from:
Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
in my life. Our appointment is set for November 30th at 8:00 a.m. Thankful we got our appointment before the holidays so we can rest in knowing we will be going the Monday after Thanksgiving. Again please continue praying for our sweet baby and us over the holidays. I am going to be decorating for Christmas this week and I am already dreading hanging the stockings because I know one will be missing. Thankful knowing this will be the last set of holidays before we have our baby with us. We hope you have a Blessed Thanksgiving!!
Hope, Love, and Grace! This is our families faith journey to bring home our baby girl from China. For we walk by faith, not by sight! 2 Corinthians 5:7
November 18th, 2015
Hello everyone!! I cannot believe it is Thanksgiving next week. Please keep us in your prayers as we will be celebrating missing one of our babies. I know it is going to be a tough one.
I also wanted to let everyone know that I added a link on the blog that you can sign up to follow the blog. It will notify you when I post something new!
We are also excited to announce that we got approved for an Adopt Together profile. This is an organization that helps people fundraise for adoptions. It is also a 501C3 so you can donate and write it off on your taxes:)
Still praying we get our fingerprint appointment this week!!
Hello everyone!! I cannot believe it is Thanksgiving next week. Please keep us in your prayers as we will be celebrating missing one of our babies. I know it is going to be a tough one.
I also wanted to let everyone know that I added a link on the blog that you can sign up to follow the blog. It will notify you when I post something new!
We are also excited to announce that we got approved for an Adopt Together profile. This is an organization that helps people fundraise for adoptions. It is also a 501C3 so you can donate and write it off on your taxes:)
Still praying we get our fingerprint appointment this week!!
November 9th, 2015
Well we got our receipt from immigration today!! We were so excited to get that receipt because we know they received everything and will begin to process it. Our next step is waiting for our fingerprint appointment. Praying we get this next week.
We also wanted to tell everyone that China lifted its one child policy. Chinese families will now be allowed to have 2 children. This is very exciting because hopefully we will see the number of aborted and abandoned children decrease. However, we do not currently see this affecting the number of children with medical special needs who are abandoned. Since we are adopting a child with special needs and we know our precious one has already been born and waiting for us in an orphanage it will not affect our adoption timeline. Praise God for this!!
Well we got our receipt from immigration today!! We were so excited to get that receipt because we know they received everything and will begin to process it. Our next step is waiting for our fingerprint appointment. Praying we get this next week.
We also wanted to tell everyone that China lifted its one child policy. Chinese families will now be allowed to have 2 children. This is very exciting because hopefully we will see the number of aborted and abandoned children decrease. However, we do not currently see this affecting the number of children with medical special needs who are abandoned. Since we are adopting a child with special needs and we know our precious one has already been born and waiting for us in an orphanage it will not affect our adoption timeline. Praise God for this!!
November 1st, 2015
Well we checked the mail today because we forgot to check it yesterday with all of the Halloween parties and excitement and we received a packet back from Immigration. It turns out we accidentally wrote a 12/13 instead of a 10/13 on the check and since they could not cash it they sent the entire packet back with a big piece of paper on top that read Denied. Needless to say it was an emotional day with lots of tears shed.
After this second delay of another 1 1/2 weeks I am leaning more on God and doing my best to trust in his perfect timing. I know he is in control and would not allow our baby to spend 1 more day than she is suppose to in an orphanage away from her mommy, daddy, and 2 big sisters. Please pray we can let go and trust his perfect timing.
We will overnight the paperwork to Homeland Security/Immigration tomorrow so they will receive everything on Tuesday the 3rd.
Well we checked the mail today because we forgot to check it yesterday with all of the Halloween parties and excitement and we received a packet back from Immigration. It turns out we accidentally wrote a 12/13 instead of a 10/13 on the check and since they could not cash it they sent the entire packet back with a big piece of paper on top that read Denied. Needless to say it was an emotional day with lots of tears shed.
After this second delay of another 1 1/2 weeks I am leaning more on God and doing my best to trust in his perfect timing. I know he is in control and would not allow our baby to spend 1 more day than she is suppose to in an orphanage away from her mommy, daddy, and 2 big sisters. Please pray we can let go and trust his perfect timing.
We will overnight the paperwork to Homeland Security/Immigration tomorrow so they will receive everything on Tuesday the 3rd.
October 23rd, 2015
It has been a really rough week with lots of tears shed over our little one being so far away. We have been working hard on letting go of the control and trusting God's plan. This is so hard to do. Please be praying for us over the next few months as I expect it to be a really tough holiday season without our baby here to celebrate with us.
With that being said we also have some really exciting news. Lifeline our placing agency finally received our certified copies of our home study today and they are going to overnight them to immigration. We can officially start the 45 day countdown (praying it does not take longer than this). This is a BIG step forward in the adoption process and bringing our little one home. Praising God for a happy end to a very tough week.
I wanted to thank everyone who has bought a puzzle piece so far!! We have sold 82 pieces!! We have 418 more to go! This is a huge blessing for us since our house has not sold. We have several payments coming up and everything helps!! Thank you again for all of your prayers, love, and support.
It has been a really rough week with lots of tears shed over our little one being so far away. We have been working hard on letting go of the control and trusting God's plan. This is so hard to do. Please be praying for us over the next few months as I expect it to be a really tough holiday season without our baby here to celebrate with us.
With that being said we also have some really exciting news. Lifeline our placing agency finally received our certified copies of our home study today and they are going to overnight them to immigration. We can officially start the 45 day countdown (praying it does not take longer than this). This is a BIG step forward in the adoption process and bringing our little one home. Praising God for a happy end to a very tough week.
I wanted to thank everyone who has bought a puzzle piece so far!! We have sold 82 pieces!! We have 418 more to go! This is a huge blessing for us since our house has not sold. We have several payments coming up and everything helps!! Thank you again for all of your prayers, love, and support.
October 7th, 2015
Today is a very exciting day!! We are celebrating our sweet Claire turning 7!! I cannot believe that this time next year she will be celebrating her birthday as a big sister and not the baby of the family. We also got an exciting email today. We got the application for our I-800A. This is a huge step forward. We will hopefully submit this application in the next week. This is our application to US immigration to adopt a baby from China. Once this is approved we can submit paperwork to China. This is currently taking around 45 days for approval. Praying ours only takes 45 days. This is one HUGE step forward in seeing our baby's face. Please continue to pray for our sweet baby in China!! Praising God for this wonderful day!!
Today is a very exciting day!! We are celebrating our sweet Claire turning 7!! I cannot believe that this time next year she will be celebrating her birthday as a big sister and not the baby of the family. We also got an exciting email today. We got the application for our I-800A. This is a huge step forward. We will hopefully submit this application in the next week. This is our application to US immigration to adopt a baby from China. Once this is approved we can submit paperwork to China. This is currently taking around 45 days for approval. Praying ours only takes 45 days. This is one HUGE step forward in seeing our baby's face. Please continue to pray for our sweet baby in China!! Praising God for this wonderful day!!
October 2nd, 2015
We got our Home Study today!! Exactly 1 month from our last visit. We have been doing a lot of praying the past few weeks that we would receive it by the first of October and we did!! Now Lifeline our placing agency has to approve it and then we will be off to immigration for our 800A. The 800A is US immigration approving us to adopt a baby from China. Usually this takes a few months, but currently it is taking around 45 days. Please pray it only takes us 45 days!! I have been reading a ton on a website called China Adopt Talk. It is questions and answers form people adopting from China right now!! It is great to read about how long everything is currently taking from people going through the process. Please keep praying for our baby in China!! We know she is there waiting on us to get through all of the paperwork so she can come home!!
Also several people have been asking how to buy puzzle pieces. If you have an iPhone you have to scroll to the bottom of the blog and click the view web version and the button will pop up at the top of your screen. You can also view the blog on a computer and it will pop up.
Thank you for all of the sweet emails and prayers. They are lifting us up through this emotional journey!
We got our Home Study today!! Exactly 1 month from our last visit. We have been doing a lot of praying the past few weeks that we would receive it by the first of October and we did!! Now Lifeline our placing agency has to approve it and then we will be off to immigration for our 800A. The 800A is US immigration approving us to adopt a baby from China. Usually this takes a few months, but currently it is taking around 45 days. Please pray it only takes us 45 days!! I have been reading a ton on a website called China Adopt Talk. It is questions and answers form people adopting from China right now!! It is great to read about how long everything is currently taking from people going through the process. Please keep praying for our baby in China!! We know she is there waiting on us to get through all of the paperwork so she can come home!!
Also several people have been asking how to buy puzzle pieces. If you have an iPhone you have to scroll to the bottom of the blog and click the view web version and the button will pop up at the top of your screen. You can also view the blog on a computer and it will pop up.
Thank you for all of the sweet emails and prayers. They are lifting us up through this emotional journey!
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