Our adoption journey began about 7 months ago when we went to an adoption seminar after stopping infertility treatments (we tried unsuccessfully to have a baby for six years and decided to stop after two failed IVF's). After the seminar, the next day we applied to adopt a little one from Russia. We weren't really sure how we would pay for the adoption, but we trusted that if the adoption was a part of God's plan that He would make a way. One day as I was praying about how to pay for the adoption, the phone rang and it was our mortgage company offering us a home equity loan for the amount of the adoption, and amazingly enough the guy's name was "Jesus". Okay, God I'm listening!
We are now almost finished with our dossier, we have a few more documents that need to be redone before we can send them for apostille. Chris has to get his employment letter redone because the dates don't match and then we have to have one of our other notarized papers redone because the notary scratched out a date and rewrote it over the top of the old date. It's really frustrating having to keep redoing things, we might have to redo our criminal record check because the notary's commision expires in November. Then we'll also have to redo our bloodwork between our first and second trip, not sure why, but the doctor marked through a mistake on the paper so I guess we'd have to have it redone anyway.
Our agency tells us that we may wait 9-12 months for a referral, but hopefully it won't take that long. We'd love to be able to make our first trip before Christmas, I'll guess we'll just wait and see.
We applied for a grant from Shaohannah's Hope but we won't hear back about that for at least 3 months. We have also started an online fundraiser at currentfun.com. (If you feel like shopping, check it out. They give us 50% of the sales towards the adoption. Our state is Virginia and the organization name is : Chris and Susan Banchero, you just shop then enter our info at checkout.) I'll let you know how it goes, it seems pretty easy and straightforward.
3 comments:
Susan....I know exactly how you are feeling. I believe you are cutting through more red tape than we had to eighteen years ago. But remember...you ARE cutting through it. When they place her in your arms, all the stress and waiting will be like those "labor pains" whose intensity will fade more and more as time goes by. Oh, you will NEVER forget but each time you look at her you will know it was all worth it. I pray that the time goes quickly and the "problems" will be few. God has your daughter in His hands and will place her gently in your arms when the time is right. You will be a wonderful mother and I'm sure Chris will be a wonderful father, as well. Although I don't know him as I do you, he has to be a caring person or he would not be your husband. God bless you both as you, not so patiently, wait for your precious "bundle of joy".
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