We received our contract from Living Hope yesterday. We have to sign it & get it notarized (and send our first BIG check). Now, we have to find the time for both Greg and I to go to the notary. Hopefully we can get this done sometime next week (he is off on Tuesday and Friday). Unfortunately, Greg already has lots of appointments scheduled so we will have to "squeeze" in the time for the notary.
We have the money saved to get us through contract, homestudy, training, and sending the dossier to China. So, we are focused on saving until we get our referral (this will likely be about a year away). We are brainstorming some fundraisers and have set up the Coffee Fundraiser (but are not advertising it yet). I am thinking about doing friendship bracelets, a quilt, etc, so I will keep planning and hope to have this in full gear for the summer.
We are saving for travel to China after the referral & for the fees that we will have for The People's Republic of China, we expect this will be about $20,000- in addition to what we have saved already. We have decided that Kaeden will travel with us to China. This was a big decision but we really feel like this would be a wonderful experience for her and we want her to be with us when we get to meet her sibling for the first time.
Keep us in your prayers!
Love you all!
I love that you're going to take her with you!
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