Daddy working hard on paperwork!

This afternoon we are going back over our dossier and making the corrections suggested by CCAI to reduce the chances of any problems at the county, state, or Chinese consulate level. 

After this we will be able to start sealing the documents and hopefully nothing will slow us down! Please pray for that with us!

Also please pray that we will be able to pull off another fundraiser soon. We have had lots of distractions in our life lately. We need focus.

Fingerprinting Complete!

We had a good & safe trip to Charleston & back. 

We were fingerprinted at the Department of Homeland Security without any problems.

We also had the chance to enjoy some time as a couple that we needed. So, blessings all around!

So we will be working hard over the next few weeks to seal our documents & then the paper from the Department of Homeland Security will be here. At that point, it will be the final document needed to complete of Dossier to send to China!

Fingerprinting appointments

We finally received our fingerprinting appointment cards in the mail today! Charleston here we come! 

By the way, it just so happened to come the day before our 14th wedding anniversary. So, it will work out for us to make the fingerprinting trip into an anniversary trip! 

Coincidence? I think not. I say, "it's not odd, it's God"! I know those are the little ways that God shows His love for us! He knows we are not good about taking time out for ourselves. I feel He worked the timming put just perfectly for my ever so practicle mind & spirit. . .since we have to go to Charleston, it just makes sense to stay a night & take that time together & away from things that we need!

Amazing love how can it be!!

Sealing our documents

We are starting the process of sealing our documents. This is required to send them to China. Basically, it is the process of proving our documents are legit! 

Sealing documents is a four step process. 

1. We have to have everything notarized. 2. Then we have to take it to the county clerks office and have her verify all our notaries are accurate and from Chatham County

3. Next, we mail it all to the Secretary of State, who also verifies all of our notaries are accurate. 

4. From there we send it via  courier to the Chinese Consulate in Houston Texas. 

After all those people verify our documents are correct, then they are ready to go to China!!

In the meantime, we got our receipt for

 I-800 A. I thought we were closer to complete that process than we were for a while. However, the Receipt means, within the next week we should be able to travel to Charleston for fingerprinting! That means the process to complete our last document will be underway! When that comes back from The Dept. of Homeland Security we can mail ALL of it: AKA Dossier  to China!!

After the documents go to China. . . we wait, BUT then we get matched with our daughter!! How awesome is that! I feel like we are waiting for our 20 week ultrasound!!

Please pray that all goes smoothly with the paperwork! Thank you! We love you all!

Lexi: our hero!

We just want to say a huge thank you to Lexi Rockwell!!

She continues to use her wonderful talent of photography to be obedient to what God tells her to do!

She used her exquisite photography to compile a beautiful calendar which she has been selling and she is donating the proceeds to the Michal adoption fund!

She just told me she currently has $362 to donate! Isn't that amazing! 

What a selfless, kind, act of love!

We are incredibly grateful to her, and we give God the glory for putting it on her heart. Thank you also to everyone who chose to purchase a calendar!

If you would like to purchase a calendar for $18, you can contact Lexi at lexirockwell98@comcast.net or see more of her photography on Facebook under the Lexi's Phancy Photography fan page.

To God be the glory!

Finally!! Home Study was Approved!

I just got notification via email that our Home Study was approved by our adoption agency, CCAI TODAY!!

Now, our Home Study along with our I-800 A applications have been sent to USCIS (U.S citizenship and immigration). So, in just a few days we should be able to go to Charleston for fingerprinting! 

This means we can start applying for grants :)

Next we will begin the process to seal all our Dossier documents. The documents have to be notarized, then go to the   Chatham County Court house to be flagged. Then to GA Secretary of State so he can make sure all notaries are legit. Then on to theChineseConsulate in HoustonTexas and THEN. . .TO CHINA!  

Please keep praying for us & sending encouragement. It is a long process, BUT we are getting closer to Michal every day!

TO GOD BE THE GLORY!!!   

I-800 A Received by adoption agency

Wow, it seems like so long since I have had something to report...but our I-800 Application was received by the adoption agency yesterday 6/6/13! After it got returned once for a clerical error. So it won't be long before we will be heading to get finger printed in Charleston! 

The social worker is also putting the finishing touches on our Home Study. We should get that from her any day now. That is what we need to start applying for grants, and to start finalizing our dossier! 

So after what seemed like a little stagnation in the process, we are about to really pick it up!!

I know it will be time to board the plane and go to China to get Michal very soon! Sometimes I actually let it sink in a little bit and feel just a little twinge of the excitement I will feel when that actually happens! But I don't allow myself that luxury too often or I think the wait will become unbearable.

Please keep praying & if The Lord is leading you to, please give!

God bless you all!