I800 MAILED

I800 and its many accompanying forms and attachments has been overnited to USCIS in Lewisville, TX!  It is guaranteed to arrive by tomorrow at noon.

Here's hoping I filled everything out right and submitted everything I was suppose to.

BENJAMIN!

Now that we have accepted the referral, I think it is time to stop using the screen name Ryan.  

From now on, this wonderful little boy is going to be called by his name, Benjamin.  We can't share his middle name yet, but it will be the name given to him at birth.  We are doing this because we want to respect his heritage and history.  

Benjamin has lived a lot of life without us (almost 6 years, he has been in the orphanage since birth), but we are getting closer and closer for his life to begin with us!

We are so excited!  Thank you and praise to the Lord for bringing Benjamin to our family.  

WE FORMALLY ACCEPTED THE REFERRAL!

The past few days there has been much activity with our adoption process.  It is so nice to be doing something again instead of just waiting.

We accepted the referral.  We received translated medical records for Ryan.  Silva and Cathy have been very busy helping us!

Next steps:  

Hopefully file the I800 next week sometime.
Silva will visit with Ryan next week so we can learn more about Ryan.
Skype meeting with Silva.
Send a photo book of our family to the orphanage so Ryan can start learning about his new family!

We are so grateful the Lord has helped us get to this point.  We really feel like is going to happen!

Thank you to everyone who has prayed for us!

5-5-5 FUNDRAISER!

We are so amazed and grateful for being chosen as a 5-5-5 family.  We just received over $800 from that event.  Thank you to all those who contributed.  We had never heard of the 5-5-5 Family fundraiser until we were chosen to be part of it.  

We are so excited for this month's 5 families to be able to experience God's provision for them in their adoption journeys through this event.

Thank you again to all those who contributed!

WE ARE MATCHED!

Just got an email from Silva that matching process has begun.  I know there are a few steps to it, but we have been approved as Ryan's family!

Praise the Lord- an answer to prayer!

ANOTHER THANK YOU!

Our FSP just recently went up $500!  To the wonderful person who donated that amount, thank you so much.  Your love and concern for little Ryan is greatly appreciated!

A WATCHED PHONE NEVER RINGS

I don't have much to say except we are very anxious to hear news from Cathy about whether we are matched or not.  

We are praying for patience as we wait and for God's will to be done in whatever decision is made.