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September 14, 2010
September 11, 2010
Finally moving forward
Yay, we finally got our last background check and should hopefully be sending our paperwork to immigrations to wait yet again for a fingerprint appt. Too bad our fingerprints expired a few months ago from our last adoption! It's not like they change, but you know how that goes. As always praying for quick appts etc.
Then sending all the dossier docs to the agency to review while waiting for the I797. Hopefully we can get past this stage by Nov. I would love to be able to go to China by March/April but I also know it could be as late as June/July. Time will tell.
I sent some mooncakes, fruit baskets and a teen basket to our son and the orphanage staff for the upcoming holiday in hopes they all enjoy it and know how much we already love our son.
We continue to be grateful to all our friends and family for their support and prayers while we wait.
Hang in there son, we are coming as soon as we can!!
Then sending all the dossier docs to the agency to review while waiting for the I797. Hopefully we can get past this stage by Nov. I would love to be able to go to China by March/April but I also know it could be as late as June/July. Time will tell.
I sent some mooncakes, fruit baskets and a teen basket to our son and the orphanage staff for the upcoming holiday in hopes they all enjoy it and know how much we already love our son.
We continue to be grateful to all our friends and family for their support and prayers while we wait.
Hang in there son, we are coming as soon as we can!!
September 4, 2010
Praying for Good News
For all of you who follow this blog, I ask for your prayers. It might seem silly, but we are in our eighth week of waiting for one background check. I am in constant contact with the state reminding them we are on a tight timeline (which hopefully isn't making them work slower).....please pray it comes through quick and clear this upcoming week. I don't want to have to ask for outside help in getting it done. I have been told by more than one person that this particular state is always slow.
It's actually silly because if we weren't trying to adopt an older child before he turns 14 I probably wouldn't worry about it as much.
A friend of mine who recently adopted an older child was able to get their dossier in and travel in less than three months thanks to governmental help....we don't want to be in that boat. What started as a quick homestudy has now slowed to a halt -waiting....again your prayers are appreciated. I know God is in charge and I continue to cling to Him and the promise of His work and will in our lives. But I also know that he asks for and listens to our prayers. Thank God for God and faithful prayer warriors:)
It's actually silly because if we weren't trying to adopt an older child before he turns 14 I probably wouldn't worry about it as much.
A friend of mine who recently adopted an older child was able to get their dossier in and travel in less than three months thanks to governmental help....we don't want to be in that boat. What started as a quick homestudy has now slowed to a halt -waiting....again your prayers are appreciated. I know God is in charge and I continue to cling to Him and the promise of His work and will in our lives. But I also know that he asks for and listens to our prayers. Thank God for God and faithful prayer warriors:)
August 29, 2010
Blog Design
Is anyone else out there totally out in the woods when it comes to designing a blog? Well I sure am. My other two blogs were as boring as this one. Our son that is waiting in China deserves the perfect blog so I am trying to win a blog design makeover...go check out a Bushel and a Peck...
www.keirajoy07.blogspot.com
www.keirajoy07.blogspot.com
August 18, 2010
Back on the slow boat
Well if it isn't one thing it's another. It looks like it will take up to six more weeks to get our last background check. Frustrating to say the least, we just pray they get it sooner than later and we can move on to the fingerprinting part of this adoption. Say a prayer for open doors and smooth sailing.
August 7, 2010
Getting closer..
Our precious SW emailed today saying he basically had our homestudy done, he just needs to check with the office to see if our background checks are all in. Wouldn't that be great if it were finally sent to our agency this next week! I am not holding my breath, but I can pray it will happen anyway:)
Two important things this week...waiting for homestudy and birth of the first grandbaby! Of course you cant compare, but they both have to deal with a new life:)
Two important things this week...waiting for homestudy and birth of the first grandbaby! Of course you cant compare, but they both have to deal with a new life:)
August 4, 2010
Yellow Ladybug
Yesterday my six year old daughter Miriam found a yellow lady bug. I thought how strange that was because I personally have never seen a yellow one. I told her that it is lucky sign to see a lady bug. We researched online to see whether this was indeed a Chinese belief or just something made up. We never could find any facts that it is a Chinese belief, but we did find that in the adoption world, it is considered a lucky sign to find or have a lady bug show up:)
Today I finished a book by Mary Beth Chapman, wife of Christian singer Steven Curtis Chapman. In her book she reveals in a very transparent way, who she is and the struggle that she and her family have gone through since tragically losing her adopted Chinese daughter Maria two years ago. It is a testimony of how God has always been there with them and how he always will be, how in even the darkest times when you think you are alone, you are not. It is also a testimony to their faith and hope in their future. That God has prepared a perfect place for us when we pass from this earth.
Although I do not believe in "lucky" signs, I do believe that God reveals himself to us through many ways. So today as I sit here outside watching my kids play and it came to me that God revealed himself through this very different, yet beautiful yellow ladybug. To remind me that while I so (not) patiently wait for our adoption to move forward....our son who happens to have albinism and have beautiful yellow hair, is being watched over by our creator and heavenly Father and that I have hope for the future, and that Ty is in it:) Thank you Father!!
Today I finished a book by Mary Beth Chapman, wife of Christian singer Steven Curtis Chapman. In her book she reveals in a very transparent way, who she is and the struggle that she and her family have gone through since tragically losing her adopted Chinese daughter Maria two years ago. It is a testimony of how God has always been there with them and how he always will be, how in even the darkest times when you think you are alone, you are not. It is also a testimony to their faith and hope in their future. That God has prepared a perfect place for us when we pass from this earth.
Although I do not believe in "lucky" signs, I do believe that God reveals himself to us through many ways. So today as I sit here outside watching my kids play and it came to me that God revealed himself through this very different, yet beautiful yellow ladybug. To remind me that while I so (not) patiently wait for our adoption to move forward....our son who happens to have albinism and have beautiful yellow hair, is being watched over by our creator and heavenly Father and that I have hope for the future, and that Ty is in it:) Thank you Father!!
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