Adoption Update and A New Fundraiser!

Time for an adoption update! It has been almost 9 weeks since we passed court in Ethiopia and became our precious girl's legal parents! 9 weeks- that is beginning to feel like such a long time!It has been 6 months since we first saw her face, and yesterday she turned 23 months old! Next month she will be 2- I can't believe it. She is literally growing up before our eyes in pictures. She is not the same little baby face that we saw 6 months ago- she is becoming a toddler/little girl! And I can't stand it! I feel like we are missing so much! But I am trusting God and I know we have so much ahead of us with her that I am so excited about! As for paperwork- we have just about everything we need in order to submit our case to the embassy, we are waiting on one last document, as of last week. So my hope and prayer is that we would get that document this week and be able to submit our case to the embassy!! As soon as we do that, we really don't know what the timeline could look like at that point. The embassy has slowed WAY down lately due to some more changes and our agency told us to expect 2 months. I am praying with all my might against that. Our daughter needs to be home and I am going to trust God to bring her home sooner! We would love for everyone to pray with us for this! Soon I will be able to take that heart off and show you her precious face- she is so beautiful!!

And for a fundraiser update! We are still praying for funds to come in to cover this second trip and pay off flights from the first trip.  So, after our friends did this fundraiser and we have seen several others do it with great success, we will be holding an online auction!

We will be auctioning off some great handmade items from Etsy and other local businesses on our facebook page towards the end of the month.  If you have an item that you would like to donate to the auction we would be so grateful! We will of course link to your business on the page and hopefully drum up more business for you! Email me at: scoalson104 (at) gmail (dot) com  if you have questions or an item you'd like to donate!  As always, thank you for praying for us, we are so close to getting our girl home!!