Just a little update. I called on our I-800 form today and it hasn't been received by our immigration officer yet...though it did arrive in the lockbox on the 14th of November. Our officer let us know that she is a little backed up, so we probably will not get approval until early next week. Sigh. Like I said before, any little delay that can happen will happen it seems. After that approval, we can book our plane tickets for about 2 1/2 weeks later.
On one hand, I really want to get there NOW, but on the other, I am okay being here for Christmas. I must tell you, our lives are almost 100% revolving around the adoption right now. So much so that we are not even decorating for Christmas. We don't have the energy for it & don't want to leave it all up until February when we get home since we will probably leave right after Christmas. We re-arranged Hallie's room yesterday so that it is all ready to for her and MF when we get back. I ordered some cute matching twin bedding sets for them for a steal of a deal from Kohls (yay for Cyber-Monday!) so as soon as that gets here, I will post some pictures. We also purchased her a few outfits on Black Friday (the first ones!) even though we don't know her sizes for sure. Leap of faith. It will be fine, right?
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Now, for the first week results of our RAFFLE!
So far, we have had $675 donated!
There are quite a number of you who have donated, but not entered the Raffle. If you want to, please head on over and put your name in for a prize!
More than anything, I wish I could express how grateful we are. You must know how awkward it is for me to ask for help. This has been such a great lesson for me because I am more prone to try to figure things out on my own before asking for help. But, I had the impression come to me repeatedly to do this type of fundraising. In the beginning of the process, money was a major roadblock for me in going forward. I talked about that in THIS post, way back in the day when we were first getting going in the process.
Since then, the financial aspect has not plagued me nearly as much. I haven't ever known how it would all work out, but the quiet whisperings of the Spirit have come to me many times when I felt overwhelmed, that it would work out. Now I can see that the Spirit has also worked in the lives of other people, who have responded to the prompting to help us. We have received some very significant donations and many, many $5 donations. I know the Lord answers our prayers through other people and each of you have been those people, whether you have donated $5 or $1000. It is all important and meaningful to us. So, thank you. Again and again.
The raffle has one more week! Go and enter if you haven't yet & continue to spread the word!
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