At the end of our last entry, we asked for prayers that our I-800 would come... well... it came the very next day! It arrived at our house on June 26th! HOORAY!
It is the most beautiful paper to this point!
My favorite line is... "You have been approved to adopt four children from the following convention country: Poland."
YAY!
Can I tell you something else wonderful?
The I-800 was approved on my birthday! Happy Birthday to me.
Our next prayer is that our paperwork will be translated quickly and we will receive our OFFICIAL REFERRAL!
On a different note:
Our friend Meagan helped us set up a fundraising site to gather donations to help our adoption. There is no transaction fees associated with youcaring.com. If you choose to donate, there is an option to edit the amount given to cover the website's operating costs. You can change that number to $0, if you want.
The site is youcaring.com/ourextrapickles
When we switched from 2 kids to 4, there is an added expense. The expenses for visas, passports and in-country fees for the extra kiddos is roughly $5,000 total. That doesn't include the extra plane tickets.
Our goal is to raise $12,000 to cover the in country document fees and flight costs.
Our prayers have not changed... May God be preparing us to be parents, and may God be preparing their hearts to be adopted. Thank you for blessing us with your gifts and prayers.
"You have been approved to adopt four children from the following convention country: Poland."
ReplyDeleteYAY! Such Exciting News!!
Happy Belated, and oh my goodness!