Wednesday, September 14, 2016

L.O.A baby!



While I'm sitting in my bed with stacks of paperwork to all sides of me, I got a text from Brock, he had checked our email and we are LOA! What does LOA mean? It means Letter of Approval from China! They have received, translated, expedited and approved all of our paperwork! This is awesome!

This also means it can be just a couple of weeks until I am told I can go get our boys! YIPEE!

So much to do, tons around our house, time to start thinking about packing, more paperwork, Visas to apply for, etc etc etc. I will get there!

We are still in need of funds to complete the adoption. I have full faith that Gods got this! He will provide! Can you please pray for this part. This is a biggie, cause I cant travel to get them until we have everything paid for and travel costs also. We are around $22,000-250000 in need. If you can help us out, every dollar helps! If you cant, can you share our story? Maybe someone you know would like to help us get them home! And of course, please pray for us!

We now have a way to send tax deductible donations, you can send them to our church and they will get them to us. Be sure to write the check to Salisbury Church, but in the memo line write ADOPTION FUND. And on the back of the envelope write PAUL FAMILY ADOPTION
you can send it or drop it off if local:
Salisbury Church
2350 Madison Avenue
Charleston, IL 61920

You can still donate through our PayPal account and directly to our bank also.

First Federal Savings & Loan
800 Lincoln Avenue
Charleston, IL 61920
**Please write check to Paul Family Adoption**

PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/PaulAdoption

Not much longer now...Ill be going to get our babies! I can not wait!

Sunday, September 11, 2016

EXPEDITE issued!

I got the email last week (Thursday September 8th) that China has issued a medical expedite for the remainder of our adoption! What does that mean?! That means, they feel that the boys medical condition warrants a need for them to get home soon. They will process and approve our last steps quicker than normal so I can travel soon. How soon? As soon as 4-8 weeks, give or take a bit! WOW! 

We are super excited knowing the boys will be home soon. We are so grateful that they will be able to get the medical care, check ups, surgery, and therapies they need. Not to mention the unconditional love of a family! They will become loved sons, brothers, cousins, nephews, grandsons, and friends! They will go to church and learn about Jesus! SO EXCITING! 

There is so much to do and so little time. I don't know where to start. Bedroom rearranging, clothes to wash and hang, bedding to buy, car seats to buy and install, doctor appointments to schedule, screenings to schedule OK, I dont want to think about anymore! Ill just make a list and check it off as it gets done. Kind of like with giving birth, you can be so ready but dont really know exactly when they will arrive. Same with adoption, I can keep working away and may get a call in 2-3 weeks that says hey, go get your boys...or it may be 6-8 weeks. Either way...they are coming home! 

We are still in major financial need. We are over half way there with fees, but now the fees will start coming to us quicker as we will be moving along quicker. The most expensive part is travel, but it is 100% necessary. China requires a 2 week stay, 1 week in their providence and 1 week in Guangzhou, where the US Embassy is. At this point, I estimate we are around $24,000-28,000 short of completing the adoption, including travel. It ALL must be paid before I can go get them. 

Can you please pray for us, pray the finances are there as needed, we do not want to slow anything down because of money. Pray for us to be prepared to embrace the boys, to help us understand how to help them with their medical challenges, language barriers and fitting into our family. Pray for the boys, pray they remain healthy, pray the Lord prepares them for this huge transition in their lives. They will soon be taken from all they know and be given to a strange woman who talks differently, looks and smells differently and lives somewhere far far away. While this is a very happy time for us, this can be very traumatizing for the boys.  

If you can and would like to help us out financially, you can make a donation to our PayPal account, we get 100% of your donation thru here and 100% of it is going towards our adoption expenses. https://www.paypal.me/PaulAdoption 

You can also send or drop off a donation to our bank. If sending a check, please write it out to Paul Family Adoption and put Brock & Beck Paul in the memo line. Our banks address is:
First Federal Savings & Loan
800 West Lincoln Avenue
Charleston, IL 61920

Thank you!