I am blessed beyond measure to have been married to an incredible Godly man for 24 years. We have five amazing children; three bio boys and two darling daughters grown in our hearts. I teach 6th grade language arts and also love speaking to ladies and sharing the beautiful testimony God has given me.
11-07-08 Requested adoption info from AWAA 11-28-08 Took a leap of faith and submitted $250.00 application fee + AWAA appl. 12-12-08 Received acceptance call from AWAA 01-09-09 Homestudy packet came in the mail 01-13-09 Dossier packet came in the mail 01-21-09 Mailed dossier info guidelines back to AWAA 02-05-09 Submitted waiting child application online, praying as we selected a variety of special needs, wondering which one God had in mind for us 02-23-09 Tia's dr. visit and TB test 02-24-09 Our home fire inspection by the fire marshal 02-25-09 David, Brandon and I dr. visits/ Tia TB test read 03-15-09 Mailed home study packet 03-24-09 10 days later our home study made it 75 miles, getting lost along the way 04-4-09 1st homestudy mtg at Starbucks 04-19-09 2nd homestudy mtg at our house with kids 04-23-09 3rd home study mtg at my mom's house with David and I 04-15-09 Completed the online Hague training 04-18-09 Began trying to raise money - Garage Sale - raised $320.00 06-03-09 Our referral call came, as I sat at my classroom desk, after a long day. 06-19-09 After much prayer and medical consultations we accepted Jiang Li Fei's referral 06-24-09 Submitted our EA(electronic accceptance) requesting to adopt Li Fei 06-25-09 After months of paperwork and frustration our home study was finally completed and approved! 07-10-09 David and I took documents to Austin for authentification 07-14-09 Mailed authenticated paperwork to Chinese Consulate 08-1-09 Huge church garage sale, with generous donors helped us raise $1800.00 08-17-09 Fingerprint appt. 10-30-09 Sent Dossier To China(DTC) 11-04-09 Log in Date(LID) 12-27-09 Care package sent for our little girl's birthday today! 01-13-10 AWAA recieved our Referral Acceptance(RA) 01-14-10 Mailed application for grant to Show Hope 01-15-10 Referral Acceptance(RA) came in our mail - YEAH! We are approved to adopt Lia 02-25-10 Faxed travel info to AWAA - continue to wait on our Travel Approvel(TA) 03-12-10 Letter from NVC came in the mail 04-2010 Anticipated travel - David, Brandon, Tia and I are planning to bring Lia home. God had other plans! 04-27-10 Travel Approval(TA) arrived at AWAA 05-19-10 Planning to actually FINALLY travel 05-26-10 This is supposed to be our definite travel date! 05-31-10 GOTCHA DAY! 06-9-10 Consulate Appointment scheduled
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