I Know, I Know!
THIS is supposed to be my adoption blog, but this week the emotions are running deep and I posted twice over at www.MySistersJar.wordpress.com about adoption and Zaza and orphans.
Add comment November 5, 2009
rixgal
NEW NUMBER!
We found out that we have moved from #23 on the waitlist in Bogota… to number 19! YEAH! Closely followed by a groan. If you don’t take into consideration that families could have moved onto this list (like we did) from a younger or older list, only FOUR kids found their forever homes in three months. Sad! If it stays at this rate it will be another 14 months until we get the call. SAY IT ISN’T SO! Please pray that ICBF moves the files along FAR quicker than this! It can happen! We want Zaza home now!
We are pleased with progress, nonetheless. One day closer to kissing her little cheeks!
3 comments October 25, 2009
rixgal
Tags: adoption, adoptive family, adoptive parents, Bogota, Colombia, ICBF, international adoption, mom, Zaza
Media Drive $$
I did some tallying today and figured out that we have raised $996.80 through our media drive! Isn’t that AMAZING!?!
We asked friends, neighbors and relatives if they had books, movies, music, games, whatever… lying around that they could donate toward Zaza’s adoption funds. I have sold some of the items at a used bookstore, but mostly I’ve been selling everything on ebay! It’s a nationwide garage sale where you make WAY more per item than a neighborhood garage sale!
Just wanted to report the good news! Thank you to all who have sent boxes of goodies our way! We appreciate your time and energy spent to help bring home our little girl. And no, I’m not done selling. There are still several boxes in the garage that are awaiting their turn to be seen on ebay. Again, thanks! From the depths of our hearts, THANKS!
Add comment October 21, 2009
rixgal
Tags: adoption, adoptive parents, Bogota, Colombia, Colombian adoption, international adoption, media drive, mom, mother, Zaza
Minimal Minor News
The only adoption news lately is:
1. I just bought the most darling pair of pink plaid Converse for Zaza. Totally darling. (OK, I know. Hurting news.)
2. Our media drive had taken an upswing these past two weeks with several large donations and over $400 in sales on ebay this week! Wooo Hooo!
3. Matt continues to cook for Matt’s Meals with a Mission, where he goes to other people’s homes and cooks dinner for them. How do you say thanks to an almost 18 year old kid who donates 75% of the money he earns to your adoption???? I can’t figure it out either. We are humbled and blessed. MMM has also earned over $500 so far! Wooo Hooo! THANKS, Matt!!!!
4. I’ve missed the last two conference calls. Lame, I realize. I’ve been swamped with traveling for speaking because of my new book release, and I haven’t even called to make a “new information call” appointment. THIS week it will happen! I promise.
5. Sad news: we did find out that if we don’t get our referral call by Nov. 3rd, Zaza will spend yet another Christmas in Colombia…. while I cry again putting the kids’ ornaments on the tree. :o(
But it could happen! We serve a BIG God. It’s all in His capable hands and we’re resting in His timing.
Add comment October 11, 2009
rixgal
Tags: adopting, adoption, adoptive parent, Christmas, Colombia, converse, fund raising, international adoption, Matt's Meals with a Mission, media drive, mom, referral call, Zaza
Next Week!
I found out that our Gladney person in Bogota has a meeting on Monday at ICBF to find out the new and hopefully improved place number we are holding on the wait list for 5-6 year olds. We should know by the end of the week! Wooo HOooo! It feels like it has been forever since we’ve heard anything.. and well, it will be three months since we were #23. Anticipation is building. I’ll let you know the minute we hear!
Blessings, Linda
Add comment September 26, 2009
rixgal
Well, THAT would have been nice to know!
Today, not only did I recieve my little green certified mail confirmation card letting me know that USCIS got my request for new fingerprintingappointments, BUT I also got my whole packet back from USCIS. Seems they don’t take personal checks for payment of fees anymore. THAT would have been nice to know. OK, so, I need to go first thing tomorrow morning to the Post Office to get a money order AND pay another $5 for certified mail confirmation… and they won’t receive it until Tuesday because of Veterans Day. The fingerprints expire on Saturday, the 12th. I leave for the mountains on the 10th. That leaves ONE DAY for me to get them done…. Wed. Sept 9th, my mother’s birthday. I’m hoping and praying they let me just walk in there without an appointment. I’ll call USCIS Tuesday morning to get the whole scoop. Thankfully I have an inside connection after the last Spanish pamphlet/bar-me-from-entering-the-USCIS-building episode.
I think the government does this to see if you actually can jump through all their crazy hoops. If you can and you don’t kill someone in the process, THEN you can adopt a child from another country. HEY! Maybe that’s why our fingerprints keep expiring…. someone(s) that has gone before us killed someone at USCIS because of all the hoops! It all makes sense now.
1 comment September 5, 2009
rixgal
Fingerprinting AGAIN
I did actually have news today. Our fingerprints for USCIS are actually expiring for the second time! Argh! I knew it was September… and when I realized it was Sept. 2nd, I looked it up this afternoon. September 12th. D-day. So I made some calls, wrote a letter, copied some documents and wrote a $160 check for more fingerprints for Homeland Security. I’m supposed to be out of town on the 11th and 12th…. I’m praying the appointment is the 10th or earlier. It only takes about 15 minutes, so that’s good. I mailed my certified letter today… here’s hopin’!
2 comments September 3, 2009
rixgal
Adoption Blog at MSJ
I keep posting adoption information on my other blog. I can’t seem to be creative enough at the moment for two blogs….. please go see the news: www.MySistersJar.wordpress.com.
Add comment September 3, 2009
rixgal
See My Sister’s Jar!
I posted some adoption news over on my other blog…. it probably should have gone here. Oh well. Go take a peak: www.MySistersJar.wordpress.com.
Add comment August 19, 2009
rixgal
NO Typhoid Shots!!!!!!!!!
Lala and a little girl from Mexico….. something like Zaza will look like!
No Typhoid shots is very good news…… to be exact…. $525 worth of good news. I had a chat with our case worker, Beth, yesterday. She answered some of my 3 bazillion questions(that I could remember while on the phone.) I’m sure she probably checked how old I am when we hung up….. he he he. There were several noteworthy tidbits that were promising to us:
1. No typhoid shots needed! And all the Crosbys said…. “AMEN!”
2. Very few adoptions have happened lately out of Bogota. Which means, Zaza is most likely in a different region…. which is GOOD! They are usually two weeks quicker processing the court documents… AND it’s cheaperto stay anywhere other than Bogota. (No matter what region Zaza is in, we still have to stay the last week in Bogota for the US Embassy dealings.) This also translates to less room/board expenses while in Colombia. Yeah!
3. We find out our new wait number after the 3rd week of August.
4. There is a longer preparation time than I was originally told from when we accept the referral to when we travel. That calmed my nerves quite drastically. We will have a month to prepare to leave.
5. No typhoid shots!!!!!!
Add comment August 6, 2009
rixgal
Tags: adoption, adoptive parents, Bags for Zaza, Colombia, Colombian adoption, international adoption, mom, typhoid, Zaza
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