February 16, 2011
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Update
We got our I171-H in the mail today which means we are done with the paperchasing part of this process. Our dossier (compilation of 5 months worth of paperwork) is complete. Tomorrow we are going to mail our paperwork to our agency. Once they have checked it over and approved everything they will send it to Ethiopia. On the day they send it to Ethiopia which more than likely will be next Friday or the next, we will be put on the waiting list. This is called being DTE (dossier to Ethiopia). We are expecting a 5-8 month wait until we get a phone calling letting us know that they are sending us an email with a picture and file of a little boy or girl that they picked out to be our’s! Cannot imagine that day, but five months ago I couldn’t imagine this day!
We are still $1400 short of the money we need to send in our dossier, but we called Lifesong for Orphans today (the ones holding $6,000 from our grant and the money that was given to match it) and they will be writing a check to our agency tomorrow for the remaining $1400. So far this process has cost us $13,500 and we have never once had to wait on money. God has come through EVERY time. My faith has grown by leaps and bounds! Our next amount that we need is $5,360 when we accept the referral that our agency sends us. We still have $4600 of our Lifesong Money so that leaves $760 to raise as we wait. This amount seems like nothing compared to what we have been praying for over the past five months. But soon after our referral we will be making two trips to Ethiopia so the sooner we can get started saving and raising for that, the better! What does God have planned next?! Can’t wait to find out!
