On Thursday, May 23rd, our Article 5 was picked up! This is a big moment...it was all approved and we are within a week or two from Travel Approval (TA). We are officially in our last step of the adoption. It has been a 22 month adoption journey. Praise God we are in the last stage!
This past weekend we shopped for all of the "gifts" we are to give to the orphanage workers. They love anything made in our region and in the USA. So we have homemade items from Tennessee....taffy, peanut bark, pheasant jerky, licorice, and moon pies. Can we say "southern"? Yes, we are definitely from the south (well Jason has been converted from a yankee to a southerner).
Last week, Jason painted Melanie's room the prettiest powder pink. Her room is so pretty!!!
Thank you Beverly Gann for the luggage for our China trip!!! We appreciate you letting us borrow the new and very nice luggage.
We received a blessing yesterday from Jason's work. Thank you for our Melanie Money Tree!!! The wonderful staff at his work gave $475 cash and a $50 Target card on the money tree. Everyone at Dodson Elementary have been so supportive during our entire Adoption process from supporting our fundraisers, donations, to prayers. They have been so excited for us and have been so encouraging. Tiffany, Jason's Principal, even organized a donation request letter to principals/assistant principals that know me and Jason. We were GREATLY blessed through that earlier in the year. Tiffany has been one of our biggest cheerleaders for our adoption! We greatly appreciate everyone at Dodson...what a blessing you all have been to our family!!! The encouragement you have given us over the past 22 months means more than you will ever know.
We also received a surprise donation through our Lifesong for Orphans fundraising account!
Tomorrow, May 30th, I get my LAST immunization for the trip! Thank goodness...my body has not reacted well to these shots.
So now we just wait and pack! Please continue to pray for our Melanie (her safety/health) and that all our travel plans get worked out. Please pray for my travel anxiety and that the remaining funds are provided. Thank you Jehovah Jirah for being our provider!!!
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