O the paperwork!

I am in the process of applying to adopt Malachi and the paperwork is out of control!  I can not believe how much there is to do.  We have officially decided to use Dillon Southwest as our adoption agency.  We have a few friends that have used them and were very happy with how smooth the whole process went.  We have to get finger printed, makes a LOT of copies of a LOT of documents, write 10 page autobiography's, and much more.  It is all very exiting but also a little overwhelming.  I also received a fee schedule.  It made me realize that this is all very real and happening very fast.  But we have a plan:)  We are putting on a huge yard sale to try  and raise money.  It will be at the end of February and we are already starting to collect stuff.  The community is really stepping up and getting involved!  I also found a great website called "wepay"  which allows us to collect donations online!  What a great tool!  I have put a link to this website on the blog.  We have a meeting with our social worker tomorrow to discuss just how quickly we have to come up with the money.  So far for the home study and application, it is about 1500.  God has faithfully provided this much money just in time!