Sorry I haven't updated my blog on our
adoption but unfortunately there's not a lot to update! We're just
waiting to travel for our 1st trip to meet our girls!!!
So here's what's happened since our referral on March 18. We were
submitted to court on March 26th. This is when all
paperwork was submitted to court to begin the process of scheduling
our preliminary hearing & our court date to travel. We found out
on April 5th that our Preliminary Hearing is scheduled for
May 31st. This is when they will review our children's
files & officially deem them orphans so they can be adopted. If
they knew who the parent's were they would come to this hearing as
well as our in country director for West Sands. Since our girls were
abandoned there are no parents to appear & our agency will not
appear. We may or may not hear anything for a week or 2 after this
hearing. MOWA (who is like our children's services) will review our
file & issue their LETTER! This is what we want & we want it
fast! This is the part I am nervous about. Due to Jeremy's heart
condition I am worried they will have additional questions that will
delay the process. I am PRAYING (and asking you too) that they will
read it, see the Dr said he is fit to parent, sign off without a
second thought & delay. Please pray for this!!! Once this
letter is received they can issue OUR court date when we can travel &
meet our girls!!! Based on recent timelines we should hopefully
travel the end of June/beginning of July if there are no additional
delays. That's still 2 months away for us to meet our girls! I
CAN'T wait!!! We were originally planning to go the middle of
May-middle of June at the latest so this is much longer than we
planned. I know God has his perfect plan & I am TRYING to trust
& be patient but it's so hard! It's unfortunately only going to
get harder once we have met them & have to leave. Imagine giving
birth to your child & then leaving them for 3-4 months! I don't
think you COULD imagine that! I know they are taking great care of
them there & the nannies love them but I am their mother &
need to be with them! I will need lots of shoulders to cry on!
Please bare with me during this time!!! We should hopefully be
bringing them home in October.
As we wait we still have LOTS of money
to raise! We have been truly blessed by everyone's generosity of
donations & purchasing of fundraising items. I can't say thank
you enough to everyone!!! God HAS provided & shown that there is
no doubt HE is behind this adoption! We are still selling sheets!
If you haven't gotten any of these, they are really amazing! I'm not
just saying that so you buy some, they really are so much better than
you can get for the price in the store! $35 for 1200-1800 thread
count sheets. You won't find that. If you are local I am more than
happy to let you see them! If you're not, just trust me!!! Check
out our fundraising page for more details on these awesome sheets!
As of right now we have raised a total of $29,998 out of $40,337
needed. We need an estimated $2,000 more before our 1st
trip. I have no doubt that God will provide!!! If you think of it
in sheets we need to sell 112 more sets to meet this goal. My former
co-workers are having a yard sale for us during the Trenton Yard Sale
at our house. Praying we raise a lot there! We are taking any
donated items to sell!
We have also been blessed by several
families in our Facebook group for adoptive families within our
agency. I don't know what I would do without this group! I have had
several families go over in the last month & send us pictures of
our girls. These are PRICELESS for us to see now & also have
later to show our girls when they get older. I hate that we have a
million pictures of Jack daily for the first several months & am
grateful to be getting these pictures of our girls to keep! Until we
pass court we are not allowed to post these pictures online but we
ARE allowed to show them to anyone so please ask when you see me &
I will be more than happy to show them off!!! I can't until we get
an update on their weights. I have no idea how big they are. I was
told at the beginning of April that they were about the size of a
newborn & they were 2 ½ months old at that time. Keep in mind
they were 3 ½ lbs at birth so they have some catching up to do.
They look very healthy. I have been told they have very good eye
contact & are alert.
I think that's enough for today!
Thanks again to everyone for your love
& support! Even if you haven't been able to give financially
your prayers are much needed & appreciated!!!
