YoGo Mix Fundraiser results!

The results are in! We had our YoGo Mix adoption fundraiser in Hendersonville  during the week of July 16-22, 2012.  YoGo Mix is donating $50 to our adoption agency for our adoption process.  Thank you to everyone that supported us in this fundraiser!  Thank you to YoGo Mix.

We are somewhat closer to our goal to send in our Dossier.  After our personal contribution, selling a bookshelf, and the YoGo Mix fundriaser, we still need $1,240 to send in the Dossier.

One of our next fundraisers is our consignment sale:  That Consignment Sale.  The sale dates are the week of August 12 - 18, 2012.  The other fundraiser will be a cookbook.  I will be asking friends and family to donate their favorite receipes to put in a cookbook that I will be selling this Fall to raise money for our adoption.

There are also three items on Girlfriend's Trading Post (Facebook) that we are selling to raise money for the adoption. A tall bookshelf, a new wedding dress that someone donated to us, and the Your Baby Can Read DVD and book combo set.

Keep praying!!  We have faith that God will provide!

Still keep praying...this week's fundriaser!

Well it is official that we will not be receiving the matching grant from Lifesong.  They called last week to say they would keep the file open hoping to get money for us.  Tuesday they called and said there was no money to give us!  Bummer!!!  They were kind to set up a fundraiser account for us so anyone that wants to make a tax deductable donation to our adoption can do so.  If you are interested, please let us know.

Keep praying...we should hear back about one grant by the end of this month and the other in August!

This week is our Yogo Mix fundraiser!!!  Go to Yogo Mix in Hendersonville (Streets of Indian Lake) between July 16-22 and they will donate 25% of your purchase to our adoption.  Just hand them a flyer!  You can get a flyer by emailing me at karlamtaylor@hotmail.com.  There is even a coupon for a free yogo mix yogurt on the flyer for you to go next week. 

Thank you for your continued prayer and support!!!  Cohen prayed the sweetest prayer today...Please God bring Melanie home for Christmas! 

We need prayer!!

Well it has been over a month since my last post.  I am understanding more and more that hurry and wait concept in the adoption world.  Hurry to get paperwork ordered, signed...and then wait.

We are definitely in the waiting part of our adoption process!!!

The US has approved (I800A) us to adoption outside the US.  Now we are waiting on adoption grant approval.  We have applied for three adoption grants.  One is a matching grant where the organization will match donations up to a certain amount, while the other two are regular adoption grants (they donate the money for your adoption and it does not have to be paid back).  Below is the update on our grants:

The matching grant was scheduled to be approved a month ago.  However, it is still in the review stage with no known approval date.

The ShoHope grant will be approved during the month of July. 

The other grant was to be approved in June and has been postponed until August.

Please pray for these grants to be approved.  We are needing $2000 to send in our Dossier so that we are able to receive referrals from China.  We know that God is still in control and pray for His will.

Our next fundriaser will be the week of July 16 - 22.  YoGo Mix in Hendersonville will donate 25% of the purchase price of anyone who brings in a fundraiser flyer to our adoption agency.  Please email me if you would like a flyer karlamtaylor@hotmail.com.