Fedex comes through- kudos for tracking numbers

After about a week of the Fedex folks rapping on the door of the folks in Rwanda, someone finally answered and signed for our documents- they have officially arrived. I don't expect to hear too much more on the adoption front for a while. This is out time to wait.

Several families who have been waiting a while for their Rwandan babies heard news this week and received referrals... we are so excited for them to have court dates and then they can show us pictures of their little ones! I will try and get some of the links on the blogs I follow.

Orphan Sunday

We were able to attend the Cry of the Orphan event this afternoon/evening at Christ Community Church. Speakers/ musicians included Steven Curtis Chapman, Jim Daley (focus on the family) and the Children of the World Choir. It will be broadcast on the Gospel Music Channel in the near future. www.cryoftheorphan.org.

It was wonderful to be part of an environment of people passionate about adoption and believing that we are privileged to be part of eliminating the word orphan!

Halloween

Sadie did not want to wear the dog costume we had, so that went back to Target. She was a fairy/princess/tinkerbell at school and a Buckeye for trick-or-treating.

Leaving on a Jet Plane

Our Dossier that is! We got the email this morning from our adoption coordinator. Our Dossier was approved by the Rwandan Embassy and our paperwork is on it's way to Rwanda! The approval letter was attached to the email and it made our little guy feel a little bit more real. I can hardly wait to meet him.

Lots of paperwork, lots of excitement

Just Love Coffee Fundraiser

Just Love Coffee has finally opened it's doors! This company provides a way for families to fundraise while supporting the coffee industry in Africa and other countries with Fair Trade.

We have a store front on the website: http://www.justlovecoffee.com/sharp

You can purchase coffee from our store front to support our adoption. We earn $5 per bag sold. You can purchase the coffee by the bag as you need it or sign up to receive it every month or every other month. Shipping is the same for 1 or 2 bags, so I would recommend going for 2 bags at the same time.

I am excited to try the Rwanda coffee first! I found some Ethiopian coffee earlier this year and thought it was pretty good.

Thanks for your support!

yard sale success!

Sadie needed a pair of size 6 shoes, so I decided to go to the Factory for a yard sale today. I found a bunch of clothes for Sadie for $2 and a pair of size 6 shoes for $1 and a couple of rompers for our baby boy. One of the ladies told me to come back at the end and I could have all the clothes she had left. After going to the New Hope Academy Duck Race, Sadie and I went back to the yard sale and left with a LARGE box of boy clothes. I gave her $5 and probably received 100 boy clothing items! I can hardly wait to get him in them.

It was a good day.

dossier sent off

This past week was busy with adoption work.

• Monday I visited the doctor's office to get our final physical forms
• Tuesday had our final documents notarized
• Wednesday took most of the documents to be certified at the Williamson County Clerk of Courts
• Thursday had a few documents certified at the Davidson County Clerk of Courts and then went to the Secretary of State to have all the documents (21 in all) authenticated and...
• Friday I mailed them to America World!

All those documents are called our Dossier and it has taken since June to complete it all. The dossier should arrive there on Tuesday where our family coordinator will look it over and then send it to the US Secretary of State for more authentication and then to the Rwandan Embassy. 10-14 days later, we should receive our approval from the Embassy and our dossier can go to Rwanda. It feel great to have that part finished and be that much closer to bringing our son home.