It's been quite a whirlwind since we last updated the blog! For the delay, we are sorry. It almost seems silly to tell people what paperwork we're slaving over. Boring information that shares basically nothing, since it's all tedious and monotonous.
BUT!
We have finished our home study.
We have gotten FBI clearance (for the 4th time!).
We have FINALLY been cleared for immigration approval (after they "couldn't" send us a notice, so we were approved over a month ago without us knowing).
We are 2 pieces of paper away from our dossier being ready to send. Both of which are sitting in our house waiting to be mailed (not by USPS - has anyone else lost lots of mail recently?!).
I can't believe, after being in this process for over 2 years, we are finally ready to get our file out of the States. It's an amazing feeling. One I feel like should have happened forever and a day ago, but I know that this long wait was necessary, even if I don't know the reason right now.
We thought we had all of our financial payments ready to go, thanks to some awesome supportive fundraisers we did last fall, and some amazingly generous family members. But, a payment is due NOW that we thought would be due much later. So we are $1200 short of our next installment. That $1200 is a wiring fee that will be sent to Bulgaria (it's in Euros, but the $1200 is approximate).
The grants we are working on currently won't be available in the time frame that we need the $ (that's if we win the grant). So, we are humbly asking for any donation you have available to help cover our wiring fee. We are in the process of setting up a yard sale in the next month or so to help, so keep a look out for that!
We also covet your prayers - suddenly our adoption is moving a little faster than we can fill out the paperwork, and that honestly isn't something we've experienced thus far. We feel like this is the first time we're not being told to slow down and wait. So, here we go team! Our paperwork is almost on it's way TO COUNTRY!
