Praise God...today we received our letter that we can adopt outside the USA. The USA government has now approved us to adopt. Praises!!!!! This is a HUGE step in getting our Dossier submitted.
Praise God...we have officially received 1/2 of the monies needed for our adoption ($15,000) from donations and fundraising!!
We have now received feedback from two of the adoption organizations where we have applied for grants. The organization for the matching grant (Lifesong for Orphans) will be finalizing how much they will match within the next week and a half. The other organization will be reviewing our adoption grant application after June 15th.
Please pray...we need $1,500 to submit our Dossier!!!!! We know that God will provide!!!
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Monday, May 14, 2012
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.
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.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
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!!!
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!!!
Sunday, April 22, 2012
April Fundraising and Dossier Update!!!
Since our last post we have had three adoption fundraisers!!!
Tuesday, April 10th we had a "Giving Back" night at the Chili's in Hendersonville. We had a group of family and friends support us and had a great time hanging out. Chili's donated $100 to our adoption fund at our adoption agency (Living Hope in PA).
The first week of April we concluded our Yankee Candle Adoption Fundriaser. This week we found out that we raised $350 for our adoption!!! We had a lot of support with this fundraiser and many friends and family received some great items for themselves and gifts for others.
Last night, we concluded our Spring/Summer consignment sale (That Consignment Sale). Many friends and family donated items to sell at our sale for our adoption. We raised $125 from those items under our ADOPT consignor number.
So in the month of April, we have raised $575 for our adoption!!! Praise God!
Where we are in the adoption process...
Right now we are in the middle of our Dossier process. This week we received our receipt from the US that they have received our I800A paperwork and it is going to the second step (Hague) in the approval process. From what they sent us, we should be receiving approval from the US to adopt outside the US within the next 14 days.
We are in the waiting process on finalizing our Dossier paperwork. The Dossier is the large pack of paperwork required to send to China. We have requested all of our paperwork from the required location and are waiting for them to be processed and finished. Once the required paperwork is collected and sent in...we can get a referral!!!
This week we will be applying for grants and a matching grant program.
Please keep our adoption process in your prayers...pray for Melanie to be safe (if she is born) and her birth mother. We desire God's timing!!
Tuesday, April 10th we had a "Giving Back" night at the Chili's in Hendersonville. We had a group of family and friends support us and had a great time hanging out. Chili's donated $100 to our adoption fund at our adoption agency (Living Hope in PA).
The first week of April we concluded our Yankee Candle Adoption Fundriaser. This week we found out that we raised $350 for our adoption!!! We had a lot of support with this fundraiser and many friends and family received some great items for themselves and gifts for others.
Last night, we concluded our Spring/Summer consignment sale (That Consignment Sale). Many friends and family donated items to sell at our sale for our adoption. We raised $125 from those items under our ADOPT consignor number.
So in the month of April, we have raised $575 for our adoption!!! Praise God!
Where we are in the adoption process...
Right now we are in the middle of our Dossier process. This week we received our receipt from the US that they have received our I800A paperwork and it is going to the second step (Hague) in the approval process. From what they sent us, we should be receiving approval from the US to adopt outside the US within the next 14 days.
We are in the waiting process on finalizing our Dossier paperwork. The Dossier is the large pack of paperwork required to send to China. We have requested all of our paperwork from the required location and are waiting for them to be processed and finished. Once the required paperwork is collected and sent in...we can get a referral!!!
This week we will be applying for grants and a matching grant program.
Please keep our adoption process in your prayers...pray for Melanie to be safe (if she is born) and her birth mother. We desire God's timing!!
Monday, April 9, 2012
Chili's Adoption Fundraiser Night!!!
Tomorrow...Tuesday, April 10th is our Adoption Fundraiser at Chili's Bar & Grill in Hendersonville. Eat at Chili's between 4-10 PM and 10% of your purchase will go to our Adoption Fund at our Adoption Agency (Living Hope in PA). You will need a flyer to turn in with your receipt for our adoption fund to receive credit. Jason and I will have flyers for you at Chili's!
Hope to see you tomorrow night! Chili's (218 Indian Lake Blvd, Hendersonville)
Hope to see you tomorrow night! Chili's (218 Indian Lake Blvd, Hendersonville)
Friday, April 6, 2012
Our Home Study has been finalized!!!!
Great news!!! Today, we received a FedEx package with our finalized Home Study in it!!!!
Our I-800 application goes into the mail tomorrow!!!!
We can now apply for adoption grants!!!
Thank you Karen from New Beginnings!!!! We could not have done this without you!!!
Thank you Jesus for making ALL OF THIS possible. You ARE in control!!!
Today is Good Friday because Jesus willingly died on the cross for our sins... What a FABULOUS day!
Our I-800 application goes into the mail tomorrow!!!!
We can now apply for adoption grants!!!
Thank you Karen from New Beginnings!!!! We could not have done this without you!!!
Thank you Jesus for making ALL OF THIS possible. You ARE in control!!!
Today is Good Friday because Jesus willingly died on the cross for our sins... What a FABULOUS day!
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Our Dossier Paperwork has arrived!!!
We are so excited to report that we have officially started our Dossier process!!!! It arrived Friday, March 23rd. Bring on the paperwork...and more paperwork...and more paperwork!!! You get the idea...there is a lot of paperwork!
Any day now...we should get that fabulous phone call that our Home Study has been finalized.
We also found out that we raised $120 from the Thirty-One Fundraiser that we had in February. The check should be arriving soon!
Right now we have a great fundraiser going on!!! We are having a Yankee Candle fundraiser. 40% of the sales go to our adoption fund. You can visit http://www.yankeecandlefundraising.com/springCatalog.html to see the catalog. If you would like to place a Yankee Candle order, please contact me at 615-289-6178. The deadline for this fundraiser is April 8, 2012. These candles are great gifts for Mother's Day!
Our next fundraiser is a Chili's Giving Back Night at the Hendersonville Chili's on Tuesday, April 10th. 10% of your purchase price goes to our adoption agency to help with China International adoption costs. A flyer is required for our fundraiser to receive credit. I will be posting the flyer sometime at the beginning of next week.
Another big fundraiser we are having is through our business, That Consignment Sale. This is our small business where we have two seasonal consignment sales a year. Many people have donated ladies and children's clothes, including home decor to be sold at our sale under the consignor number ADOPT. Anything sold under this consignor number goes directly into our adoption fund...100% of the sale!!! We raised over $200 last November at our Fall/Winter sale for our adoption fund.
We are excited about our updates and the fundraisers going on during the month of April! Please continue to pray for our Dossier process to go smoothly, our Home Study to be quickly approved, for our Melanie in China to be safe, and for the continued monies to be raised and donated. We are so thankful for how God has truly provided during this process!!!
Any day now...we should get that fabulous phone call that our Home Study has been finalized.
We also found out that we raised $120 from the Thirty-One Fundraiser that we had in February. The check should be arriving soon!
Right now we have a great fundraiser going on!!! We are having a Yankee Candle fundraiser. 40% of the sales go to our adoption fund. You can visit http://www.yankeecandlefundraising.com/springCatalog.html to see the catalog. If you would like to place a Yankee Candle order, please contact me at 615-289-6178. The deadline for this fundraiser is April 8, 2012. These candles are great gifts for Mother's Day!
Our next fundraiser is a Chili's Giving Back Night at the Hendersonville Chili's on Tuesday, April 10th. 10% of your purchase price goes to our adoption agency to help with China International adoption costs. A flyer is required for our fundraiser to receive credit. I will be posting the flyer sometime at the beginning of next week.
Another big fundraiser we are having is through our business, That Consignment Sale. This is our small business where we have two seasonal consignment sales a year. Many people have donated ladies and children's clothes, including home decor to be sold at our sale under the consignor number ADOPT. Anything sold under this consignor number goes directly into our adoption fund...100% of the sale!!! We raised over $200 last November at our Fall/Winter sale for our adoption fund.
We are excited about our updates and the fundraisers going on during the month of April! Please continue to pray for our Dossier process to go smoothly, our Home Study to be quickly approved, for our Melanie in China to be safe, and for the continued monies to be raised and donated. We are so thankful for how God has truly provided during this process!!!
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