Where are we at with our financial support?

We get this question often and we wanted to continue to keep you all posted with our finances for the adoption...

We are a little over 1/3 there towards the final cost of the adoption!!! That's super exciting for us, and we continue to be amazed at the creative ways many of you have come up with to help bring our daughter home!!

I want you to know that each and every gift that has been given, whether small or large, has been written down and accounted for :-)... our daughter will be able to know the names of all those who helped bring her home!!

For those of you who have chosen to collect change in the "Chinese Food boxes," the boys love taking them to the coin collector at the bank!! We write down each of your names and record how much change was in your box... It is so much fun! Thank you so much for your generousity!!

We also get the question about when we need the money by... the great thing is, it is not due all at once. Pretty much every step of the process requires some sort of money attached to it... for instance, the whole fingerprinting process and immigration check with the homeland security cost $890. Once we get approved by them, we will have to get all our paperwork certified and authenticated. Each document costs $ to be checked, so that will be another expense. Once we send the paperwork to China, we will have our biggest one time expense thus far... a little over $6000 for agency fees, China's fees and interpretation fees...

So I guess the bottom line is, we are so blessed to have made it thus far!!! We have a long way to go, but God has continued to provide every step of the way!! We are so thankful!

Almost Finished with Stage 1!!!

I can't believe it's already October!!! Time has flown by!! We are excited to share some of the latest news with our adoption!

Right now, we are awaiting our official appt. for our fingerprints to be taken for the Dept. of Homeland Security. I must say, it is quite fun to get mail from the Dept. of Homeland Security... I feel so official! :-) Of course, it always blows my mind that we have to yet again get our fingerprints done cuz apparently every dept. has their own criteria... Oh well :-)!

Once the fingerprints are done and we get the green light, we will be ready to get everything certified, authenticated and sent off to China... woo hoo!!!

We are also officially in the referral program... EEEK!! My heart wants to know who our daughter is TODAY, but I also want to stay patient and wait for God's perfect timing!!

In the meantime, we are keeping busy getting everything ready for our fundraiser dinner November 17!!! We are so excited to have this dinner, share our story, and get the word out there of the great need for "fathers to the fatherless." Please mark your calendars!!

I am also super excited about working on 2 CD's right now!!! This has totally been a "God thing," and it's been neat to see it all come together! Please be praying for all the logistics... If all goes well, both CD's will be available starting at our Fundraiser dinner November 17. Of course, they will be available for "Donation only" with all the money going towards our adoption!!

Phew!! This whole process continues to be surreal, and we are so excited to continue to see everything unfold, and eagerly await being able to be united with our daughter, wherever she may be at this very moment!!

We continue to be overwhelmed with your love and support!! Thank you sooo much!!