I received the amazing news of a surprise fundraiser (that raised OVER $5400, by the way!!) and then I got home that day and had a Request For Evidence (RFE) from immigration. The home study was worded incorrectly, so I had to get it re-published from the adoption agency and it had to be mailed back to immigration.
I haven't heard anything else from my immigration officer, so I am hoping by next week I will have the approval. Once this is obtained, it will be emailed to my case worker who will get it and my home study sent to the TX office. The TX office will notarize everything and then send it to Austin, TX to be authenticated by the TX Secretary of State.
Once it has gone through the TX Secretary of State (likely to take a week), it will then go to Houston, TX to the China consulate, which I will likely expedite if I can. Once it has been authenticated through the consulate, it will go back to New York to join all of my other dossier documents and the entire package will be sent to China.
Once my dossier is sent to China, it will be logged into their system (which can take 1-2 weeks). When my dossier is finally logged in, I will be able to receive Sunshine's file! This will be a tremendous day because I have been waiting on it since December!!
SO, I have about a month until all my documents finally go to China. The adoption agency is saying that once my paperwork has been logged into the Chinese data base that it will be another 4-6 months before I am able to go to China to get Sunshine. I am HOPING that it is less time than this. I really would love to be in China getting him between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
As I wait, I have been applying for various grants to help support the adoption financially. It has been very time consuming as each grant asks for different things, some want written statements for why you're adopting and others want an entire paper on how the adoption process is going for you and why you are worthy of receiving the grant. This has been a task that I am still in the process of completing. BUT, I pray that it is all worth it in the end!
Praises:
- I am STILL in shock over the secret fundraiser!! I don't think it has completely hit me yet.
- Sunshine seems to be thriving in the foster facility, seeming to grow from one picture to the next.
Prayer Requests:
- That grants will be generous and provide for some of the upcoming expenditures
- That no more "snags" are hit with the paperwork and that it is smooth sailing from here on
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