"...knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience." James 1:3Lord knows I need this today!
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Patience
"...knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience." James 1:3Lord knows I need this today!
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
WAIT LIST, take two!!!!!
We are filled with joy to announce that as of yesterday, 6-6-11, we are on the Democratic Republic of Congo WAIT LIST!
We know we are still in for a long wait, but we are ok with that. We've always been ok with that (as ok as you can be to wait to unite with your child).
We feel so blessed to be on this new path.
We ask for prayers and support as we work hard to raise the $6500 we need to submit our Dossier to the Congo. We are SO excited to see how God will work in our lives over the next year!
Today I am overnighting the new/updated I600a to the USCIS and we will then wait for their revised approval. I am working on getting things in order for the new Congo dossier.
As for our money raising efforts.... I am still working HARD on my Etsy store. It makes me feel good to be able to raise money and create cute things for people at the same time!!
I have added some new fabrics and I look forward to being able to create new things for my store too!!! So if you get a minute, check out my Etsy store!
We know we are still in for a long wait, but we are ok with that. We've always been ok with that (as ok as you can be to wait to unite with your child).
We feel so blessed to be on this new path.
We ask for prayers and support as we work hard to raise the $6500 we need to submit our Dossier to the Congo. We are SO excited to see how God will work in our lives over the next year!
Today I am overnighting the new/updated I600a to the USCIS and we will then wait for their revised approval. I am working on getting things in order for the new Congo dossier.
As for our money raising efforts.... I am still working HARD on my Etsy store. It makes me feel good to be able to raise money and create cute things for people at the same time!!
I have added some new fabrics and I look forward to being able to create new things for my store too!!! So if you get a minute, check out my Etsy store!
Monday, June 6, 2011
Help bring their baby girl home!
This sweet girl is a waiting child in the Congo. Our friends, Brian and Lindsay, know that this is their daughter, but they need to send $7,500 along with their dossier. And right now, they don't have the money to send with their paperwork.
They heard God's call to adopt and they have taken action! We first met Brian and Lindsay when we were in the same Ethiopia program with Gladney. We were two families with the same heart for adoption, for Africa and for the orphan. We were excited to hear about their change to the Congo and they have played a huge roll in our decision to do the very same thing!
They need our help to bring their sweet girl home! Every little bit helps! You can donate here!
The quicker they can send in their paperwork, the quicker they can bring their daughter home!
They heard God's call to adopt and they have taken action! We first met Brian and Lindsay when we were in the same Ethiopia program with Gladney. We were two families with the same heart for adoption, for Africa and for the orphan. We were excited to hear about their change to the Congo and they have played a huge roll in our decision to do the very same thing!
They need our help to bring their sweet girl home! Every little bit helps! You can donate here!
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Memorial Weekend
I think I have started this post about 8million times.... and there isn't a good intro, so i'm just going to start.
For a while Clint and I have been feeling a little uneasy about the way things are going with the Ethiopia program (not Gladney, but the program as a whole)...and it's been more me than Clint. Each month we have a conference call with Gladney and learn the most updated wait times and travel times, etc... and get the low-down on how the ET program is going.
Most months have just been the same. They have left me wondering what's next. If the wait will start to decrease or if the government will start to process cases at a faster rate as they were when we first started this process.... all questions, no answers.
This past Thursday we had another conference call. On this call we learned that the average wait time for a referral of an infant is 13.5 months. It was also told to us that the wait for a court date AFTER you receive your referral is about 4-6 months (4-5 weeks is what it was when we started).
It was the beginning of a lot of praying, talking, weighing out the facts, the "what-if's", etc....
All weekend we did this.
We decided that looking into other programs was the direction we needed to go.
On Tuesday I had the opportunity to talk to a very nice lady with One World Adoption Services out of Georgia.
We learned about their DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo) program and what it's all about.
I was shocked after listening to her talk about the poverty level in the Congo and then after doing my own research, it was clear that the NEED for families for these children is great (just as it is in all of Africa).
So.........
Our family has made the decision to switch from Ethiopia to the DRC!
We are really excited, overwhelmed, giddy, nervous...etc...
but we know that God has a plan for everything we do. We are ALL God's children...and when we were called to adopt, God did not put boundaries on that. There were no restrictions.
So this is where we are being led.
We are still "requesting" a baby girl and are open for more than one child. Interesting thing about the DRC is that you can adopt two children and they dont have to be siblings.
So we'll see what God has in store for our family!
We are overjoyed right now.
I sure hope that all my 23 readers stay with us through this journey!!!!
Love,
Kathleen
For a while Clint and I have been feeling a little uneasy about the way things are going with the Ethiopia program (not Gladney, but the program as a whole)...and it's been more me than Clint. Each month we have a conference call with Gladney and learn the most updated wait times and travel times, etc... and get the low-down on how the ET program is going.
Most months have just been the same. They have left me wondering what's next. If the wait will start to decrease or if the government will start to process cases at a faster rate as they were when we first started this process.... all questions, no answers.
This past Thursday we had another conference call. On this call we learned that the average wait time for a referral of an infant is 13.5 months. It was also told to us that the wait for a court date AFTER you receive your referral is about 4-6 months (4-5 weeks is what it was when we started).
It was the beginning of a lot of praying, talking, weighing out the facts, the "what-if's", etc....
All weekend we did this.
We decided that looking into other programs was the direction we needed to go.
On Tuesday I had the opportunity to talk to a very nice lady with One World Adoption Services out of Georgia.
We learned about their DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo) program and what it's all about.
I was shocked after listening to her talk about the poverty level in the Congo and then after doing my own research, it was clear that the NEED for families for these children is great (just as it is in all of Africa).
So.........
Our family has made the decision to switch from Ethiopia to the DRC!
We are really excited, overwhelmed, giddy, nervous...etc...
but we know that God has a plan for everything we do. We are ALL God's children...and when we were called to adopt, God did not put boundaries on that. There were no restrictions.
So this is where we are being led.
We are still "requesting" a baby girl and are open for more than one child. Interesting thing about the DRC is that you can adopt two children and they dont have to be siblings.
So we'll see what God has in store for our family!
We are overjoyed right now.
I sure hope that all my 23 readers stay with us through this journey!!!!
Love,
Kathleen
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