Exciting Step

We just sent our "dossier" packet out to PA today, which means in a few weeks it will go to Poland for translation. How Exciting! Pretty soon it will just be a matter of waiting for our match. We can't wait to bring our son & daughter home!

Disappointment

Now that the excitement and panic has waned I can tell you about our disappointment. Last week we got a call from our agency saying they had a brother and sister available for adoption. We panicked because we don't have the money even to make our first trip. So we asked for an extension on our travel date and were going to decide whether to take another leap of faith and rely that God was going to take care of the funds. Our intent was to have a silent auction and a major garage sale between now and April. However, the very next day we got the second call saying the judge in Poland didn't want to hold off so long to get the kids adopted. I can understand that, and it took away us having to decide whether we could accept the referral or not due to money. I don't ever want to be in that position again, where money is the deciding factor.

We are now in the process of proceeding with figuring out where, when and how to hold a silent auction.

All prayers are welcome!

We're Approved

We're approved! We just got our USCIS approval, which we've been told is the most important piece of paper to have because it's immigration's approval for us to bring orphans home to the United States. Yipeee! 2008 is going to be our year!

Merry Christmas

Just wanted to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year!

Dzien Dobry

Dzien Dobry (Good Morning)

Jeff & I have started our polish language lessons and already we know how to say good morning! Can you believe it! I have a feeling it is going to take many, MANY lessons before we can recognize anything anyone would say to us. I don't know if our friend Izabela knows what she's gotten herself into by trying to teach us. Please say a prayer for her and her patience! :)

Newfies

To anyone wondering what a Newfie is, it's a big furry thing and we call ours Theadorable Bear ("Teddy"). He's a 3 year old Newfoundland and he's currently the baby of the family :)As you can tell from the photo, he also likes to watch the fish.

Homestudy

Our adoption is moving right along. Our homestudy has officially been approved and we're now gathering other pertinent documents to send off to Poland for translation.

We also are taking Polish lessons. We have our first lesson next Friday and are very excited about it. We'll keep you informed.

~ Debbie