Waiting for Word

We are still waiting for word about our finger printing. I have also completed the paperwork on a grant. Just need to send a few things off to them and then we wait to see if we will get that or not. Not sure how long exactly all this will take but we have learned that waiting is just part of this process.

In the mean time, we are doing our best to enjoy the time we have together. Today we had the day off together and went to Salem, Jeremy took some pictures, we got some coffee, went walking at the mall & had dinner at Panera. Now we are about to sit down and enjoy a movie. The wait isn't so bad. : ) We are thankful for all the time we have together.

Finger Printing

We are now officially in the Homeland Security Database. We went to West Virginia this morning for our finger printing. We got up at 4:15am & drove there for our 8 & 9am appointments. We were the first ones there so it was pretty quick. They didn't make me wait until 9. It was a pretty dreary ride - rained the whole time but we are glad to mark one more thing off the list!

Appointment & Other News

We have our homeland security appointment on Tuesday in West Virginia. This is for our finger printing. Please pray for good weather & quick appointments! Thank you!

Today we said goodbye to our dear friends, Chris & Suzie Skinner. They have moved to North Carolina. We had a party for them last night & it was so fun to see all the people who love them so much all come together. We pray that their new life there will be blessed. Jeremy traveled down with them to help... he gets to say goodbye tomorrow. BUT it isn't really goodbye... just see you soon. We will miss the day to day relationship with them though. Love you guys! They have an amazing story... log on to www.chrisskinner.org to read about them.

Hope in a New Year

Happy New Year... almost!

A new year can represent a new beginning to some, resolutions to others & just another year to try again.

This year ... I have hope.
Hope for Mazey.
Hope for even more love for my husband, friends & family.
Hope for new ways of showing them.
Hope for the future & the family that that represents to me.
Hope in my God... he provides all our needs, he knows, understands & answers all our desires in his timing.
Hope to further understand who HE is and who he wants ME to be.
Hope to not take things for granted!
Hope for those who need answers... God has what you need.
Hope for all of you to hope for something too!

Many, many blessings this 2009.

Mazey Records

I'm so excited to finally get to post this! Jeremy has been inspired to create some designs to raise funds for the adoption. He has created "Mazey Records". The label is fictitious at this point, however, we do have one band that is about ready to "sign" with us.

Please check it out... http://mazeyrecords.bigcartel.com/.
We hope to have more items & designs later.



"Child of Light"

Mazey Records is a creative way for us to cover adoption expenses while also allowing our friends & family to play a part in bringing Mazey & her brother or sister home.

Also, if you are part of the Facebook world or would like to be... head over to http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=55618312183#/group.php?gid=55618312183&ref=nf to join the Mazey Records group.

HUGE thanks to Aaron, Bret & Sam for helping us with the details & to all of you for loving and supporting us! We are so blessed!

Please pass it on... tell friends & family! Thanks so much!

Good News

Just thought I'd post this real quick... our agency did receive their Hague Accreditation! Thank you for praying!

Things are going well with everything. We are just waiting to hear when our final fingerprinting is and we are almost done with everything.

More news coming soon.

End in Sight

It has been quite some time since I updated this blog. There has been much going on. I celebrated my birthday in October, my parents were here for three weeks and we went on vacation with them to see my great aunt and second cousin, I read a book my second cousin wrote... "Going Home", have been doing lots of work at the church and have had some progress on the adoption paperwork. We had a great time with my parents. They helped us out a lot with doing work on the house. Preparing for a remodel when they come back again. : )

Jeremy and I both completed our psychological evaluations for the adoption and are awaiting the results... yikes! We actually have our interview on Monday for this. We have also received our completed home study in the mail. This enables us to send a copy to complete our I-600a... the very first official piece of paperwork we had to have in as well as send it to the other places it is needed. There are a few more things to do and then we can submit the whole kit and kaboodle to our agency for review and translation. I will be so glad to have this piece completed.

Our dear, sweet friends, Courtney & Luigi had their first little baby boy on Saturday. His name is Mateo. Congratulations! We are excited to meet him but aren't sure when that will be. In the mean time, we hope to see lots of pictures.

More updates to come!