2nd Adoption Yard Sale and Dossier Update

We have been truly blessed this weekend in regards to raising money for our adoption process!!!

Saturday, May 12th we had our 2nd Adoption Yard Sale.  This sale was somewhat smaller than our 1st one in October of 2011.  Our community only allows two "community yard sales" a year...one in the Fall and one in the Spring.  Eventhough we had a little rain, we raised $325 for our adoption!!! Praise God!  We have decided to do one more adoption yard sale this Fall.

We also received another blessing...a donation of $100 in the memory of my Uncle Terry Beams who recently passed away.  Thank you God for always providing...Jehovah Jirah!!!

Dossier update:  We are still waiting for the USA to give us approval to adopt outside the country.  All paperwork is complete...we are patiently waiting on the approval.

Grant update:  As of this week, we have applied for three adoption grants.  Two of them are grants that would come from an adoption foundation.  The third is a matching grant. The matching grant allows people to donate to this organization, for our adoption, and the company will match their gift up to $4,000.  We are still awaiting approval of these grants.

We appreciate all prayers, donations, and help with our adoption process thus far.  Please continue to pray!!!  Please pray for the grants to be approved and the amounts needed to fulfill our goal.  Please pray for Melanie and her birth mother.  There is a very good chance that she may be born at this time.  Please pray for her safety, health, and for her daily needs to be met.  We know that our God is in control!!!  We give Him all the credit for the blessings of this adoption process!!!  We ask Him for His continued provision, discernment, and hand of protection.

Dossier and Grant Update!!!

There are a few new updates on our Dossier and Grant applications!!

Dossier:  Yesterday, we received notification that we have made it to the next step of our I800A approval.  We have our "homeland security" fingerprint appointment coming up in the next two weeks.  So we know that our I800A application will not be approved until after that appointment.  It looks like we will not be able to submit our entire Dossier until the first of June at the earliest.  Eveything that we have requested to process our Dossier is in and ready to go...except that I800A approval from the USA that we can adopt outside the country. 

Grants:  Last week we completed all the required paperwork to apply for the Show Hope Adoption grant.  We barely made the overnight deadline on Saturday!!!  However, it was confirmed that our appliation packet made it to Show Hope in time for their deadline!!!!!  Please pray for God's will on receiving this grant!!! 
Tomorrow, we will be submitting an application for an adoption "matching grant".  This is where people can give a tax deductable donation for our adoption and they will match the amount up to $4,000.  It will take between 4-6 weeks for this approval.  Please pray that this approval process takes place quickly!!!!  We still have more monies to raise before we can submit our Dossier. 

Thank you for all the prayers on our adoption process!!!!  Pray for Cohen...he thought that he was going to get his little sister Melanie for his birthday.  He cannot wait for her to be here so that they can play and show her how to do everyting!!!