"Purple"
12 years ago
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Last Two!!!
Yahoo! We sent Nora our last two documents today for Mikes California Clearance. We also found out today that our WA child abuse clearances and Washington State Patrol clearances have already come in! Guess What??? We are clear!!! LOL Big surprise, hu? However, that was really fast! We are praying that the California clearance for Mike comes back quickly too:) Here are a couple of LO I have just completed. Have a great evening! 
Monday, March 23, 2009
HALLELUJAH!!!!
Our List of Today's Blessings...
Thank you Lord for all your blessings today:)
- Our coordinator met with me today to give me our last piece of notarized paper for Nora
- I met Nora, our Home Study Social Worker, for the first time
- I hand delivered our Biography and Mikes Physical to Nora
- Our meeting today counted as one of our four meetings
- Scheduled our home study for April 9th
- Drove away with the sun shining on my smiling face
- Our last piece of paperwork came today in the mail for our home study
- Our finger prints came back from the FBI and they PASSED
Thank you Lord for all your blessings today:)
Thursday, March 19, 2009
It seems quiet...
...but it has NOT been! I hand delivered our home study packet to Nora's office today!!!! We are finished with almost everything she requested in the packet!!! The only thing left is Mikes employment verification and notarizing his physical. YIPPY!!!!!!
The next step in our process is to have our 8 documents authenticated by the Secretary of State here in Washington. That will happen over Spring break! The documents will be hand delivered for us by our friends and I know they will be in good hands!
We also SOLD our piano!!! Thank you Jesus! That was all we needed to be just under $1,000 shy of completing the financial obligations for the adoption-excluding the orphanage donation and travel expenses!!!! It is truly a GOD thing that everything we posted on Craig's List sold and funded the majority of our process!!!
Next for us is our BIG Yard Sale!!! I pray it will bring in a BIG chunk of change, as we are still in much need of finances for the next steps! Keep us in your prayers ;)
We are so grateful to our wonderful friends and family who have been so helpful! We LOVE you all:) You have given freely of your selves and your time. You have blessed all of us. Thank you from our hearts!
I have also read a few books that I highly recommend! Our coordinator let me borrow them and they were fantastic. The Waiting Child byand The Lost Daughters of China by Karin Evans. Another friend loaned me "Miracles of Marlee" by Shannon Turner and it was a great read too. I actually know her personally, which made it even more special.
Have a wonderful evening and I will update you soon:)
And we know that in all things
God works for the good of those
who love him, who have been
called according to his purpose.
~Romans 8:28
The next step in our process is to have our 8 documents authenticated by the Secretary of State here in Washington. That will happen over Spring break! The documents will be hand delivered for us by our friends and I know they will be in good hands!
We also SOLD our piano!!! Thank you Jesus! That was all we needed to be just under $1,000 shy of completing the financial obligations for the adoption-excluding the orphanage donation and travel expenses!!!! It is truly a GOD thing that everything we posted on Craig's List sold and funded the majority of our process!!!
Next for us is our BIG Yard Sale!!! I pray it will bring in a BIG chunk of change, as we are still in much need of finances for the next steps! Keep us in your prayers ;)
We are so grateful to our wonderful friends and family who have been so helpful! We LOVE you all:) You have given freely of your selves and your time. You have blessed all of us. Thank you from our hearts!
I have also read a few books that I highly recommend! Our coordinator let me borrow them and they were fantastic. The Waiting Child byand The Lost Daughters of China by Karin Evans. Another friend loaned me "Miracles of Marlee" by Shannon Turner and it was a great read too. I actually know her personally, which made it even more special.
Have a wonderful evening and I will update you soon:)
And we know that in all things
God works for the good of those
who love him, who have been
called according to his purpose.
~Romans 8:28
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Good Morning!
This is a quick post today:)
Not much happening as we are still waiting for Mike's birth certificate and our youngest has her physical today. Mike and I will beginning the travel vaccinations Hep A & B series today, since they take a year to complete. Then all that is left is Mike's physical and we schedule with Nora for the home-study!!!!
I wanted to post the two layouts that I completed yesterday so you could see.
Have a GREAT day...the sun is shining here and I so thankful!
Not much happening as we are still waiting for Mike's birth certificate and our youngest has her physical today. Mike and I will beginning the travel vaccinations Hep A & B series today, since they take a year to complete. Then all that is left is Mike's physical and we schedule with Nora for the home-study!!!!
I wanted to post the two layouts that I completed yesterday so you could see.
Have a GREAT day...the sun is shining here and I so thankful!
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
FANATICAL at Etsy!!!!!
As promised!!!! I finally have my store up and ready to go.
The name we chose was "FANATICAL".
My husband and I thought this was a PERFECT name for my store considering the reason I am starting it. By the dictionary definition "Fanatical" means ~ Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea!
We have started the process of a adopting a little girl from China. Our little girl has been tugging on our heart strings for many years. I love to make jewelry, so we thought what a great opportunity to make money for our adoption. All the money earned will go directly in to our adoption fund to bring our little girl home.
I hope you can stop by and take a look, you never know, maybe you will find just what you are looking for:) I will continue to add new items, so check back often.
The Mini store link will stay to the side of my blog in case you need to get there quick!
Have a blessed day!
The name we chose was "FANATICAL".
My husband and I thought this was a PERFECT name for my store considering the reason I am starting it. By the dictionary definition "Fanatical" means ~ Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea!
We have started the process of a adopting a little girl from China. Our little girl has been tugging on our heart strings for many years. I love to make jewelry, so we thought what a great opportunity to make money for our adoption. All the money earned will go directly in to our adoption fund to bring our little girl home.
I hope you can stop by and take a look, you never know, maybe you will find just what you are looking for:) I will continue to add new items, so check back often.
The Mini store link will stay to the side of my blog in case you need to get there quick!
Have a blessed day!
They are FAST!
We already got the email this morning that GWCA received our fax and with in 5-7 days we would be given a Dossier Specialist. Then within a couple hours we were assigned a Dossier Specialist! They are fast!!!! YAHOOOOOO!!!!
Today we also got the call from our City Police Department that the Chief had signed our letters and we could go pick them up! Out the door we ran. LOL We got there and they had spelled my name wrong and Mike was referred to as a HER in the letter. LOL Not so funny though, because I had to tun around and go back to have Bobbie fix it. She was more than willing to help, but did have to call the Chief to come personally and sign again. He was so nice to do that for us! We got to thank him personally and all the girls in the office made us promise to bring Makayla in when we got her home. What a great little city we live in. Here is the picture of Bobbie handing us our paperwork at the Police Department. Until tomorrow...
Today we also got the call from our City Police Department that the Chief had signed our letters and we could go pick them up! Out the door we ran. LOL We got there and they had spelled my name wrong and Mike was referred to as a HER in the letter. LOL Not so funny though, because I had to tun around and go back to have Bobbie fix it. She was more than willing to help, but did have to call the Chief to come personally and sign again. He was so nice to do that for us! We got to thank him personally and all the girls in the office made us promise to bring Makayla in when we got her home. What a great little city we live in. Here is the picture of Bobbie handing us our paperwork at the Police Department. Until tomorrow...
Monday, March 9, 2009
This is the day...
This is the day that the Lord hath made, I will rejoice and be glad in it! This is the song that came to my mind this morning. God is so good!!!! Today we faxed in our Adoption Agreement at 12:29 to the Great Wall!!! YIPPY!!!!!!! We are so excited to finally officially begin! With this Agreement, we will be assigned a personal Dossier specialist to hold our hand through this paper chase. Although, Cortney, our local coordinator, has done an amazing job!!! Mike faxed the agreement to them from work and then I will mail the paper documents tomorrow. Here are a few pictures Missi took of us signing the agreement. Thank you Missi, you did a FANTASTIC job:) Have a super day ever
yone!
yone!
Saturday, March 7, 2009
A Couple of Layouts:)
I wanted to share with you two of the layouts (LO) that I completed this weekend for Makayla's scrapbook. This is the only scrapbook I am actually caught up on! LOL I will try to update you more tomorrow. Have a super weekend and Enjoy!
Thursday, March 5, 2009
A Subliminal Message!
This was way too cute of a story not to post!
A few days ago we called Mike's Aunt Mary to tell her of our plans to adopt and she was so excited for us. She is a missionary to the Navajo people in New Mexico and has been for many years. She delivers Bibles and blankets to the Mommies in the hospital who are having babies. In doing so has brought many woman to Jesus. She never married nor had children and always loved her middle name. She said if we used her middle name for Makayla's middle name she would send us money to help us with the adoption. We laughed and told her we would throw the name in to the pot of suggestions and consider it, but we're planning on using Makayla's Chinese name as her middle name. Well, yesterday in the mail was this adorable card and in it is money spelling out LYNN, her middle name. We were so blessed by her donation to our cause. I called to call and thank her for the card, donation and subliminal message. We had another great laugh together. I think she really wants us to use her middle name!!! It is sounding better and better:)
A few days ago we called Mike's Aunt Mary to tell her of our plans to adopt and she was so excited for us. She is a missionary to the Navajo people in New Mexico and has been for many years. She delivers Bibles and blankets to the Mommies in the hospital who are having babies. In doing so has brought many woman to Jesus. She never married nor had children and always loved her middle name. She said if we used her middle name for Makayla's middle name she would send us money to help us with the adoption. We laughed and told her we would throw the name in to the pot of suggestions and consider it, but we're planning on using Makayla's Chinese name as her middle name. Well, yesterday in the mail was this adorable card and in it is money spelling out LYNN, her middle name. We were so blessed by her donation to our cause. I called to call and thank her for the card, donation and subliminal message. We had another great laugh together. I think she really wants us to use her middle name!!! It is sounding better and better:)
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Good Morning!
I wanted to touch base and let everyone know we are still here:) We have done a lot in a few days and all is going smoothly! We have almost all of our Home Study paperwork completed. YA!!! Which is the home study document paper chase. We have so far accomplished: birth certificates, marriage certificates, divorce decree, our blood work, my physical, FBI fingerprinting should arrive today at head quarters, guardianship, referrals from our wonderful friends and neighbors have been sent in... Now, we are waiting on Mike's physical, which is the 17Th and the two kids have to get one too. Then, we can send our Home Study in and get that scheduled. All is running very smoothly I think, other than my blood work-up didn't come in in time for my physical, so I will have to go back to get that information. Thank you LORD!
I had a very strange night two nights ago and wanted to share it with you...I woke in the middle of the night with more fear and uncertainty than I have ever had! I was scared about the adoption and bringing this baby into my life when all of my kids are growing and leaving home. Which was not me by the way...I love children and am not usually the one who gets scared about raising children (wink, wink). I have been a Mommy for 2o years now! Anyway, so I got up quietly to go pray. I was terrified and unsure this was what we were suppose to be doing. First things first, take it to the Lord! I spent some time in prayer asking God if this was truly what He wanted us to do. If so, I needed His perfect peace about it and I need confirmation. If not, I needed to know. I did NOT want this to be what I want in my life, I only want this if it is what HE wants in my life. I have gone down my path before and that is not where I wanted to go again. I finished my plea to Him and went back to sleep. When I woke up, I had 2 specific scriptures in my head and a feeling of wonderful peace. The first was 2 Timothy 1:7, "God did not give us a spirit of fear, but a spirit of power, love and a sound mind". Right then I knew my fear was an attack from satan and he was there to give me doubt! The second scripture was Matthew 18:5, "And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me". God had given me the perfect peace I needed to continue and confirmation! God is GOOD!!! We are on the right path and the feeling is FANTASTIC! That was March 2, 2009, we had to go in for our blood work and had been fasting for 14 hours. On the way home from our blood draw, there was a huge beautiful rainbow!!! I just smiled really big...another example of God's promises to all of us!
Have a blessed day!
I had a very strange night two nights ago and wanted to share it with you...I woke in the middle of the night with more fear and uncertainty than I have ever had! I was scared about the adoption and bringing this baby into my life when all of my kids are growing and leaving home. Which was not me by the way...I love children and am not usually the one who gets scared about raising children (wink, wink). I have been a Mommy for 2o years now! Anyway, so I got up quietly to go pray. I was terrified and unsure this was what we were suppose to be doing. First things first, take it to the Lord! I spent some time in prayer asking God if this was truly what He wanted us to do. If so, I needed His perfect peace about it and I need confirmation. If not, I needed to know. I did NOT want this to be what I want in my life, I only want this if it is what HE wants in my life. I have gone down my path before and that is not where I wanted to go again. I finished my plea to Him and went back to sleep. When I woke up, I had 2 specific scriptures in my head and a feeling of wonderful peace. The first was 2 Timothy 1:7, "God did not give us a spirit of fear, but a spirit of power, love and a sound mind". Right then I knew my fear was an attack from satan and he was there to give me doubt! The second scripture was Matthew 18:5, "And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me". God had given me the perfect peace I needed to continue and confirmation! God is GOOD!!! We are on the right path and the feeling is FANTASTIC! That was March 2, 2009, we had to go in for our blood work and had been fasting for 14 hours. On the way home from our blood draw, there was a huge beautiful rainbow!!! I just smiled really big...another example of God's promises to all of us!
Have a blessed day!
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