Today we had a Homestudy visit and checked a few more items off of our Homestudy to-do list. Our case work is awesome! We have had a great week in terms of our adoption. The week started out by us receiving our receipt from the immigration office, which is really important because we had to be pending by April 1st in order to be grandfathered in as a I600 family. I was getting nervous because we hadn't heard anything, but we are good and now we are waiting to receive our appointment for immigration fingerprinting in Atlanta. Another item of praise comes in the form a great financial gift. A couple of weeks ago, Joey and I shared our adoption story at a marriage seminar and the leader of the seminar graciously allowed people to donate to our adoption through their non-profit. We knew very few people at the seminar and through God's leading, people donated $2100 to our family. This is a HUGE!! I haven't mention the cost of the process, because I know God has called us and will provide, but the total cost (domestic, international, travel) is around $34,000 and for two school teachers (and for most people) that's a lot of money. But we know that God knows our salary and adoption costs and He is in control. We have seen his provision already and look forward to how He is working in our lives. Right now we are working on getting a T-shirt fundraiser together and we are planning a 5k for May 17th. We have been so blessed by the support of people who have said they will come run and celebrate this process with our family. We are thankful to be in service to such a GREAT God.
Abandoned to Christ,
Amy
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