How you can help.

Hi everyone!  We have been very blessed by this sheet fundraiser.

 

We have put it on EBay and so far, God has really blessed our efforts.  Things are slowing down a bit and we need your help.  We need to have twelve orders to place an order.  Right now I have people waiting because we have not gotten twelve orders for our most recent order.

 

Here is how you can help!  Obviously, you could buy sheets, but you can do even more than that.  You can collect orders from your friends and family.  The more orders you collect, the better!

 

 

You can download and print out this picture of the sheets below to show family and friends.  If you are not local(in Prescott, AZ) you will get free shipping if you get twelve or more orders.  If you can not get that many orders, let me know your address and I will calculate shipping.

 

The sheets are great quality and people seem very happy with them.

$35.00 each no matter what size.

Twin - Cal. King

 

 



Home Study Almost Translated

Our home study is scheduled to be translated on April 4th.

Praise God that the process of changing out dossier has gone so smoothly!

 

 

This means that our attorney in D.R.C. can officially request our children's commune documents after the 4th.  I am not 100% sure what a commune document is but basically it is paperwork about why the children were abandoned and we need this paperwork to be submitted to court. 

 

Our case worker said that after the request has been made, it can take anywhere from a few weeks to a few months to be submitted to court.

 

We are praying this stage moves quickly!

1 Month and Trusting!

It has been one month since we officially accepted the referrals of Boaz and Isryelle. 

I stole "1 month and trusting" from a fellow blogger who felt this would be a more appropriate title than 1 month and waiting.  I love it!

 

Anyways, this month has gone by pretty fast.  It has been a whirlwind adventure of filling out agency paperwork, getting together some new dossier documents, updating our home study and immigration approval, fundraising like crazy, and filling out tons of grant application.

 

I am thankful that the time has gone quickly.  I am enjoying the time with my family dreaming about who our little ones are growing up to be. I am looking forward to getting our update next month.

 

If everything goes smoothly...we should have our kids home in about 9-11 months...about the same time as a pregnancy....sigh.....

Disneyland!

I know I am posting about our trip pretty late but life has been rather hectic since getting back.

 

First I want to thank my grandparents for taking us on this wonderful trip!

It was such a blessing to celebrate their 50 years of marriage in the happiest place on earth.  I have always loved observing their marriage and hope to be as happy as they are when I have been married that long.

 

I have been to Disney Land a few times growing up...this time was extra special!

First off, it was Gavin and Irelyn's first time being there.

Gavin had a blast!

For those of you who don't know my husband...that is him in the front....just having a blast!

 

Irelyn was not so sure about the rides.  She liked outside rides like the carousel and dumbo.  She was scarred of every ride that involved being in the dark which was almost every single one!

 

Her favorite!  She woud say, "haws weeee!"

Scary little mermaid!

 

Irelyn did, however, LOVE the food.  She ate like a queen.  I was very impressed with the healthy children's menu that Disneyland had.  I kept her eating healthy...well accept for the two meals featured here!

Her first mickey waffle.  She just smiled at it for about five minutes before finally eating it.

 

The last ride of the night...that is my brother in law doing the photo bombing...thanks Jared!

Ice cream on our way out.  I ate ice cream every day I was there!

 

And of course there is nothing like signing your referral paperwork in Disneyland!

This was the next best thing to having them there with us.

We got their referrals the third day we were there and then headed over to the Disney business center where they even had a notary handy.  We were able to scan and e-mail the paperwork that day and then enjoy the rest of our week knowing that those precious kids are ours.

 

 

 

 



First Grant Reply

We got our first grant reply today...

 

They said that they are not telling us no but we need to re-apply when we get closer to travel. 

We are happy with this answer.  Having some of the travel paid for may be exactly what we need.  Although this does not mean that we will get a grant, they could have told us no now but chose not to!

 

In the meantime, we still have a few grant applications out there and are waiting on resposes so keep us in your prayers!  

Movie Monday

A little Congolese culture!

 

 

Next orders come with T-Shirts!

We have put in our second order for sheets.  Thanks to everyone who has helped us so far!

We have two orders for our third order and need 10 more to put in the order.

 

The next ten people who order get a free heart for adoption T-shirt!

E-mail me with your order and T-shirt size!
rachelwilson2@hotmail.com