WOHOO!!!!

Our CPS clearances finally came in:):):)  Susan and Caitlin have signed off on our home-study and now Dana just has to sign and send it to us.  Once we get it next week we will be able to send off our I600A and wait for our fingerprint appointment.  So excited to be done our home-study! 

Inch by inch:)

And we wait. . . .

Just a little update.  We are still waiting on our child abuse clearances.  The CARI division assured us we would have them by the end of last week:(  This is the last paper we need before we can send off our I600A.  I've also learned that it takes about a month to get a finger-print appt. and then another month to get that all important I-171 form.  So we are probably about two months from sending out our dossier.  On the up side we don't have much to do but wait.  The work part is nearly over.  So we will keep praying and waiting.

The t-shirt sales are going great!!!  I still have several left but I'd love to have to order more so if you want one just let me know!

Tee Shirts!

Our very talented friend, Bob, has put together a tee shirt design for us.  This is going to be one of our main fundraisers and we are hoping to sell lots of them so if you know anyone who where's clothes. . . oh wait?  You wear clothes!  Awesome how many do you want?  Hahaha, I crack myself up. 

Anyway, we are hoping to put in an order very, very soon and we would like to make an accurate guess on how many of each size to order.  So if you are planning on buying one either email me, facebook me, or just leave a comment with your name, sizes of shirts you would want, and, if I don't know you how to get in touch with you.  We are asking for a $20 donation for adult shirts and $15 for kids.

*Ragone Family:  We are hoping to have these in by the family picnic and wear/sell them there so if you want you can plan on wearing one too!

"Can't Hold On Much Longeeeeer!"

I feel Cliff Hangers pain (if you don't know who I'm talking about check out an episode of Between the Lions:)  We are waiting, and waiting, and waiting for our child abuse clearances to come in.  We initially made a mistake on them and had to redo them but they are just taking forever.  We think it has something to do with the fact that we've lived in a couple of different states.  Anyway, everything else is GREAT praise God!  Our home study and all it's visits are done.  Dana has written it up and sent it to the main office in VA.  As soon as those clearances come in they will sign and notarize it.  Then we can send off our I600A to get a biometric finger printing appointment and eventually  that last piece of the Dossier our I171.

I know there is much more waiting to come so I'm sure this is good practice:)  Also, my devotions today had me reading Proverbs 3:5 "Trust in the Lord with all you heart, and lean not on your own understanding"  Today I'm choosing to remember that God is in control of this whole process (glitches and all!) and He knows my son and exactly where we need to be on the waiting list to get him!  (Do me a favor and remind me I said that later:)