Update

Homestudy is completed except him waiting for some paperwork. Agency contracts are signed and first set of fees are paid. Now working on raising money for the second set of fees. These fees are 4,000. As soon as we receive copies of the approved home study, we are applying for adoption grants. however we know that may not come in time for these fees so please pray for us as we put money back and do fundraising for the fees. We thank all of you who have helped in the fundraising process. It was enough to pay the home study and we some of the agency fees. We are trying to do this in a way not to go into debt but at the same time fast because the boy we are interested in is already 5 so not wanting to wait much longer to bring him home. Thank you for your prayers as we continue this wonderful and exciting journey.

Home study time

We will start our home study tomorrow and will finish it on Sunday. Pray we can pass everything and also for the finances of the agency fees we are needing to pay. Many have helped us get this far with prayer and financial help and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Please don't stop praying for us during this as we bring our child home.

We got our contract for the adoption agency for Colombia. We will be having the home study in two weeks. Also we are having a garage sell in mesquite at crystals moms house next weekend. So you mesquiters please come buy and help support a good cause of bringing our baby home. All proceeds will go toward adoption expenses.

Final verdict on Peru

After waiting so long, our agency finally got a verdict with Peru. The answer was they will not renew the paperwork for them. Which brings us to the update. While waiting to hear about Peru our agency has been approved to adopt from the Latin American country of Colombia. We are proceeding with the agency and just switching countries to Colombia. Those who know about adoption know that normally there is a fee in this but for 2 reasons we are not being charged this fee. 1) is we had not signed a country contract yet 2) their Peru program has been closed. While we waited on a final verdict we have been looking into the Colombia program and see some benefits of going with Colombia and not Peru especially for the post placement paperwork. We also have been able to look at some files from Colombia of deaf children and are waiting on more, plus a more detailed file of one little boy. Now that we know the country and the contracts and all will be coming up soon we ask that you pray for us as we seek the Lord to provide the finances for the adoption and lead in the steps we need to follow in our adoption. Those of you in Dallas area, we will be having a garage sell in October. If you would like to donate, help, or come and buy it will be located at Crystals mom house near city lake park in old mesquite. All proceeds from the adoption will be used for the adoption contracts, and home study.