SENT

Today we asked and were told that our Court Bond will be
in Ind*a tomorrow (yay !!) So anytime you are ready Honorable
High Court Judge we are ready to pass the Court part of this process.

Please let it be soon !  Other families who are also waiting to pass
Court (hopefully in one hearing) are also praying that it be soon. 

I wanted to be there with HOPE for her Birthday next month and it
looks like that will not happen. My new timeline is before the year ends.

TELL EVERYONE

When I have to get things done for adoption. I love telling people
that we are adopting and it has nothing to do with pride it is
LOVE.    I like telling people about adoption to try to spark an interest
or drop an idea their way and to let them know that we already LOVE
this little girl.
So yesterday while at a bank (two hours  and 15 mins.) getting my Court Bond done.
which was printed out the same day so I could get it mailed !!!!!
I enjoyed answering questions about International Adoption and Foster Adoption.

Praying this process moves along so we can bring HOPE home . ASAP




 

JUST ONE

Just one makes a difference

This child drew a picture on the floor of his Momma for comfort. Look at the one arm up to hold him. 

Can you help makes a difference to one?  

Can you advocate for orphans ?

Can you financially support a family who is adopting ?  

 

 

 

 

LA, LA, LA

OK, so I thought I had a local bank to do this for me but they could not give
me the extra information.  la,la,la,la,la......
Can't talk to my Agency worker because she is out of the office today.   la,la,la

Oh, well I guess I will just have to enjoy my family for the rest of the day and

make a phone call tomorrow.

FORSEEN

We have been told that we must pay a Bond to the Court and we have
known this for a while but we were just waiting for more information
on how to do this.  ha,ha need to laugh about this and not stress.
We have to find a bank in the USA that has a partner bank in Ind*a because
 it has to be a demand draft (payable on demand in Ind*a).
 I have looked on the Internet and have been told that you need to
be a customer at their bank because they need an account number to get
it from and no they will not take it off a credit card especially over the phone
it needs to be done in person. So I have some calls into banks and people
and hopefully we will find out today if we need to drive to NY to get this done.

Hope this will not hold up our process !

It has been a long three weeks and my awesome hubby comes home tomorrow !!

Praying that the process will keep moving and quickly.

NAMES

Yes, I just checked the website for the Court and our names are already on there !!!!!!!  
 I figures it would be at least a couple weeks before we saw that.   Just AWESOME !!
 Praying for only one hearing and that we get passed on the same day.
 I am in awe.    Something exciting in the middle of everything gone wrong day.
Which reminds me....... Praise in everything not just the good.

COURT PAPERS

Email said "court papers filed today."   Yahoooo !!
Acknowledgement - this is really happening ?!
cann't wait to see our names on Court Documentation..
It is really great  feeling knowing that we are moving forward.



Along with this great news we also received news that we will
have to pay the 60,000 Rupees  to the Court.  ha,ha.
We had an idea that this would happen when we got here.

I need to go back to filling out grant applications.

Excited but know it will still be a while before we bring HOPE home.

DOUBT

I am amazed, the things that I worry about that end up turning
out all right.  Sometimes I ask myself why I even worried ??
I should have more faith and pray more, HE is amazing !!


I was soo excited when I actually paid my bills this week.
We have paid the last payments on two bills that we were paying monthly
for this adoption.  And, really excited now !! we have finally paid off our travel
for our first adoption !!  So moving forward because everything behind us is paid in full.
We still have to pay for travel and post placement activity and visits for this adoption and finalization.     I should have more faith and pray more, HE is amazing !! 

Just wanted to share my excitement. It feels like we are getting somewhere and we are
praying that things will start to move quicker.

We have an amazing GOD !!

HOPE UPDATE

We waited to skype with daddy before leaving for a nice
day at the lake. We even took our dog. Rohana loved the
water and had no fear but got cold as soon as her toes
touched the water. Soo relaxing it was really nice.
We stopped for Ice cream on the way home.

I checked my emails and was surprised to see an email from
our agency.  WOOHOO  an update on HOPE and a video !
Cann't share anything yet.   She is a beautiful little girl !!
We loved watching the video and kept hitting the replay button.

I cann't wait to go to I*dia to meet her and bring her home.

AN EVENING

An Evening with Steven Curtis Chapman

Friday, August 31                       SEASIDE PAVILION
7:00 pm                                   OLD ORCHARD BEACH,  ME

His music a cross between '70s-style light rock and orchestrated pop, Steven Curtis Chapman is one of the most prominent performers of contemporary Christian music.

Get your tickets early as they're sure to sell out! Don't miss out on this once-in-a-lifetime chance to spend an evening with Steven Curtis Chapman.


 Love his music and his familys heart for orphans. It was there at a Steven Curtis Chapman, Chris Tomlin and Casting Crowns concert (years ago) that helped us think about adoption.
And we are very thankful for a showhope grant this time around.