Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Reeces's Rainbow 5/5/5 family!

We are thrilled to be selected as one of the 5/5/5 families for February by Reece's Rainbow.
Here's how it works:


Give $5 each month for 5 months through the 5/5/5 donate box to the right.  Money collected in February will be divided up between the 5 families and go towards our FSP.   Basicly, this money is helping get our kiddos home.
Reece's Rainbow does so much for the kid's and their families.  So happy that Ian was listed there and he received love, support, and was advocated for to find a family.




5/5/5 for Families



Raising $5 on the 5th of every month for 5 of our adopting families

After 8 years, $9.4 million in grant funding disbursed, and more than 1500 orphans have found forever families, you KNOW how far your giving goes collectively through Reece’s Rainbow! Set up an auto-bill-pay donation from your bank, or through the Paypal link to give just $5 a month for our adopting families!
 

Each month, 5 families will be featured. On the 5th of the month, all the donations will be divided evenly among those 5 families. The 5 new families will then be revealed.






http://myrr.org/555families


555forfamilies

Thursday, February 12, 2015

Article 5 issued

We can scream and shout as we are on the final step of this paper journey to bring Ian
home.  We received the news early this morning via e-mail that our Article 5 has been
issued.  Our paperwork will now be forwarded to Beijing where we will now wait for
our Travel Approval!!  This has been taking anywhere from 3 days to 2 weeks.   Hang
on buddy, we're getting closer.


We still have our fundraiser going on and the items listed in the below post are still available to purchase.  You can leave a comment with you e-mail and the items you are interested in and I'll get back with you asap.  We also still have lots of origami cards available and will custom make swans, cats, dogs, dresses, and hearts.   Our Reece's Rainbow account to the right needs to read $7000 for us to be fully funded.  We're almost there as we just need under $2800 to be fully funded.  If you'd like to make a donation to help us with these final adoption costs, you can click on the Reece's Rainbow link to the right (donate) which will take you to our fsp (paypal account) that's with Reece's Rainbow.  You can also request a tax receipt. 

It's getting real and I'm getting nervous.  Please pray that our little guy's heart is being prepared for us.  Oh how I remember when we first saw Jacob at the age of 3.  He was not happy!!!  Oh the healing these little one's have to go through.  And this sweet little guy has been in his foster family for quite some time.  We were able to send some pictures of us to him and we sure hope he has seen us and knows we are his family.

Stay tuned . . . we are counting down to TA!

Friday, January 16, 2015

Another "Endeavor from the Heart"/I-800 approved

Update 1/31/15

We are still waiting on our Article 5.  Hoping it's picked up this week so we can then be on the final step, our long awaited Travel Approval which is taking about 2 weeks.  We are still fundraising to bring our little guy home and still have the items available below.  If you'd like to make a donation, our Reeces Rainbow FSP link is to the right.  It needs to read $7,000 to be fully funded.  Ian's adoption is a step of faith for us.   His need is something unimaginable.  I can't wrap my hands around what he's been through yet.  I'm getting there. But I still get tears just thinking about the pain and suffering he endured with the accident.  He has a long way to go but we have the resources to get him the medical attention he needs.  However, we lack the funding.  We've been so blessed to have received grants that have helped immensely, but we're still short $4,000.  If you feel led to make a donation, you can do so through the Reeces Rainbow link to the right.  We are so excited to be counting down to travel.  And can't wait to wrap our arms around our sweet little guy.


We received our I-800 approval.  We were approved on 1/15.  Yayyeeee!!!   We are now just waiting on our Article 5 and then Travel Approval.  We still have a way to go with adoption expenses. 

We've been busy creating new items to help to bring Ian home.  We'll be adding more items through out the weekend as well; card sets, art work.   We're getting so excited to bring our little man home.  It's been a long journey. And we're getting so close . . .  Yahooo! 

These make great gifts too: birthday, teacher, end of the school year, valentine, Mother's Day, etc.  If you are interested in any of the items below, please leave a comment with your e-mail and I'll get back to you asap to ensure it's still available.  Please state a brief description and the item number as well.   All jewelry is $16.50 each which includes shipping.  Payment can be made through our Lifesong Account to the right or through our regular paypal account which is also to the right.

1)  Starfish on 14+ pearl like strand.
  Starfish measures
1" in diameter.
SOLD

2)  "Cinderella" pendant on black
14"+ strand.  This pieces has light blue
shading on the time piece that doesn't
show up very well in the picture.
Pendant is 1 1/2" in length.
 On the back it's engraved
"On the stroke of twelve the spell will
 be broken and everything
will be as it was"  Cinderella

3)  Bubble dome sea shell pendant.
Measures 1 1/4 in diameter.
Chain is 14+

4)  Silver color sea shell pendant on
pearl like strand.  Pendant is
1 1/4 in length.  Strand 14+

5)  Wooden bead bracelet with black glass
beads and "Hope" charm.  We enjoy putting
these together.  This one measures
9" and is on a stretchy band.

6)  Believe pendant, silver in color,
 measures 1 3/4" wide on
cream ribbon.  Ribbon is 36" long and
can be tied to any length.

7)  Turquoise, cream, and silver color beaded
bracelet on stretchy band with "turtle" charm.
Measures 8 1/2"
This one was fun to make as well.

8)  Turquoise color cross pendant
 on 20" black cord.
Charm measures 1 3/4"
SOLD

9)  Turqoise color beaded stretchy bracelet
with cross charm.

10)  Cross bracelet, brown band.(2 left)

11)  Hints of gray, silver color, and turquoise color
glass beads on stretchy band with "Faith" charm.
Measures 9"

12) Beaded necklace or can be wrapped as
a bracelet, shown.  Measures 33"
(colors of taupe's, cream's, clear)
SOLD

13)  Beaded bracelet measuring 9".  Love this one
too and we can certainly add a "Faith", "Hope", or
"Believe" charm.

14)  "Believe" bracelet, 8 1/4" on stretchy band.

15)  Tortoise look pendant with "Believe" charm
on cream ribbon.  Ribbon measures 36"
Pendant measures 1 1/2"
SOLD


 

Thursday, January 15, 2015

LOA

Wooooohooooo!!!  We received our Letter of Acceptance on 12/29.  Our hard copy arrived on 1/6.  Our I-800 has been mailed and we are on day 9 of the wait.   We're hoping to get approval within
the next couple of days.   Travel to bring our little guy home is getting closer.  And we're getting
super duper excited!!!!  Once we received our LOA, we also received some awesome pictures of
Ian.


It looks like he likes to play UNO.  We will definitely be taking an UNO deck with us to China.
Along with some cars, books, and other little toys we've stashed into his backpack. 
Praying that our sweet boy is being prepared for the upcoming transition and that God will
prepare his heart.   The wait is the hardest . . .

"But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint."   Isaiah 40:31