The Good news is that we have been logged into the National Benefits Center (NBC) for our I800A paperwork. This is the first long wait we will have in our adoption process. I spoke to a very nice officer for NBC on Thursday and we were logged in as of October 22 (Wed) and now we have to wait until we recieve our notification to go and get fingerprinted. (Within a month or so...) Then it can take up to 90 day for our case to be assigned to a specific officer and reviewed. The date for that 90 days is January 20th. We are supposed to be DTC (Dossier to China by December 24th) so that puts us into a bind with the CCAA (Chinese Center of Adoption Affairs) but we are praying that they either grant us an extension or that NBC hurries up!
Our Sad news is that we gave up Tim's much beloved Monte Carlo SS Supercharged Coupe last night. It was purely a financial move for us that would net us another much needed 2000.00 for our adoption expenses as well as get us much better savings for our gas budget. We were able to trade it in on a little 4 cylinder Saturn Ion that actually has 4 doors. I had bought this for Tim's birthday gift 2 years ago since he had never had anything but beater cars...so it was a sad goodbye but we are trying to be practical as well as good financial stewards.
Our Better opportunity was also offered to us this week.
We have been accepted to partner with Kingdom Kids Adoption Ministries. They will take donations from anyone who would like to partner with us in our adoption. The benefit is that it is tax deductible for anyone who feels called to financially support us. Donations can be mailed as long as there is no notation of our names on the check or via their website (see our "partners" link on the side) or www.kingdomkidsadoption.org click on donations and then family grant donation and follow the instructions...We are very grateful and blessed to have this opportunity to have the ability to be involved in this program. We are working very hard to save and raise the money for the next step in our process. We will need appx 8000.00 for our Dossier to go to China then we still have our travel fees. We completely understand that finances are hard for everyone right now, and appreciate any support you can give to us with this venture.
We also are asking for prayerful support:
-for Samuel that he remains healthy with all the recalls in China
-that we are able to either recive our approval from immigration in time or that CCAA approves our extension request
-for us to have continued patience and faithfulness and trust in Gods Plan for us
Thank you all for everyones support!!!
Love,
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