We have been officially approved by the U.S. government to adopt two children from Uganda! Our home study has been approved and there are no other obstacles for us to adopt, which is a great thing. To receive our final approval, we needed to be fingerprinted again by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. My good friend, Sabes watched our kids back in May while we headed to Tampa for our official appointment. And we snuck in a trip to Starbucks before and a lunch at Red Lobster afterwards to get in some dating time.
Just this last week we scheduled an appointment for our immunizations. We still don't know when we will be flying, but we thought it would be a good idea to get the shots out of the way. Everyone has been very generous and God continues to provide the money when we need it. The immunizations bill came to $490, so we want to thank everyone who has partnered with us financially so far! Can you imagine a couple of shots and bills costing that much? Thankfully, another Ugandan adoptive friend shared the approximate cost with us to mentally prepare us for the shock.
You can still partner with us financially and get some delicious coffee out of it as well! Check out our last coffee fundraiser here.
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| Asher is smiling because he knows he isn't the one getting shots! |
And the other exciting thing I was apart of was we welcomed home two families at the airport who brought home their newly adopted children home from Uganda. It was exciting to greet them and be a part of this amazing group of families who have all gone before us in this process.
This time of waiting is not what I want to be doing and it is hard, but as I wrote to a new family in Lakeland starting their adoption process for brothers from Uganda,
"I just keep clinging and crying out to God for strength and His perfect will."
1 comment:
I loved the pictures of the homecoming for those children! Its a beautiful thing watching people become a family in whatever way it happens! Your turn will come soon!
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