Just a short blog to let you know how things are going. On Monday a dear couple gave us a gift of $1000 towards our adoption. Then on Tuesday a close friend & her hubby gave us a gift of $1000! So today is Wednesday and I'm still waiting for my daily $1000 gift to our adoption:) God is good and so are His people!!!!
Reece's Rainbow has given us permission to commitment to the little boy! They are not confident that we will be approved but we are going to do all our paperwork and pray that the country will grant us favor! I'll be sending in our commitment fee & then I can officially post his picture on here!!!!! We are willing to be his parents if God will grant us the favor of the government !!! Please pray, he's been listed for over 3 years, is in the same mental institution as Sarah and only 5 yrs old. We want to give him a wonderful life with lots of love, something he has never had. We've seen a few pictures of him and he is never smiling...Jon said he can't wait to tickle him till he laughs a belly laugh" We want to bring laughter into his life...pray that we will be able to!!!!!
Doing paper chasing every day. I write a 3 day list at a time and make sure I can mark all the things off on a daily basis for example my list thus far has been....
Monday-
Set up Physicals
write & print the adoption appeal letter
get a copy of deed on property
Tuesday-
Go to Bartow pick up birth certificates & marriage certificates
Balance & enter all transactions on the adoption gifts, make copies and file receipts
Wednesday
Talk to Social Worker
email RR
fill out INS
As you can see somethings require many steps but thankfully I've met my goals for the past 3 days! And still have done all my other chores like laundry , cleaning & eyedrops! Please pray that I can stay focused and get done what I need to do!
Tomorrow I am going to Tampa to find the children & Family office to get our Abuse clearance backgrounds done. I think it will be faster to hand walk it through!!!!
So right now this is my life....can't wwait till the paperwork is done!!!!
"Our life maybe a crazy life but it's our life" I'm married to a pastor of a small rural church, who is also the prison chaplain. We have 5 kids, each with their unique story. I love gardening & we all love the outdoors. Our life is not the way we planned it to be, but we are learning to trust God in every area. Come and read about our life as we live it to the fullest!
Praying you find favor with all who need to approve your adoption of the dear little boy too!
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ReplyDeleteHi there:) I say you on the RR page and I wanted to introduce myself. My name is Jenny and I live in Ocala, FL with my husband and 4 boys. My older 7 year old is Dima whom we brought home form the Ukraine this past September. He has DS. My husband is an Associate Minister for our church. There are many RR families here in FL:) I see you also know Marianne:) Please feel free to stop by our blog or send me an email. Take care and congrats on your newest blessing!!!
ReplyDeleteI hope and pray you can adopt both children. That place they are in isn't good at all. I haven't seen any children get adopted from there in all the time I have followed RR, which is one year. I hope other families see your journey and choose to adopt children from there.
ReplyDeleteI know the little boy you are thinking of. I met him in 2008 and 2009 when we were adopting our 2 boys. He is a sweetheart.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh I am so excited I think I know which little boy you are talking about. I have been praying for him since I found RR 18 months ago. I will pray you can BRING HIM HOME! So wonderful to be able to follow your adoption journey :)
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