It's December 15

It's December 15 and time for two drawings this month.  First the winner of the regular monthly drawing is TA.












He will get the KYIV key chain.

Now an update, we will be meeting with the accountant next week and are thinking we can get an employment letter from him with all the details of our income included on that.  That will allow us to be able to get everything completed with apostilles and to our facilitator before the SDA opens in January.  Please be in prayer with us for that!

And the drawing you all have been waiting months for.  Who is the lucky winner of the large Matryoshka?

I was so excited when Peyton drew this name out. The winner is JQ.  Congratulations!















We will be drawing January 15 for the following tablet.

Thanks again to all that donated!  You are making it possible for us to return and adopt the one we could not forget!

~Tina

Just When I Thought...Update

Sooooo, I had all the documents gathered and ready to see the notary on Monday and then the facilitator emails to tell me, oh by the way, the 2014 1040 tax forms you were going to submit, need to be 2015 now. The 2014 ones were only good if we submitted in 2015 and now since we are submitting in 2016, well, you see my predicament.

Not to mention in the last 6 months since committing to adopt A, our refrigerator, freezer and dishwasher have all died.  And you know what, I am awesome at washing dishes by hand, no problem.  But, wow, devil, A must really be a gem for you to fight so hard to keep her in a place no child wants or deserves to grow up.  And, no you are not going to win because we are overcomers and she is worth it all!

Now we are going to be figuring like crazy to get our tax information submitted and get the 1040 form we need.  Still believing we will submit when the office in Ukraine opens up for applications in January.

Please be in prayer for A that she will have a covering of protection over her.  

~Tina

Got It!

We got the approval from USCIS today.  Once I get the ok from our facilitator we will get all the documents notarized and apostilled.  Then I will send all the documents to her when she arrives in the US.  When she returns to Ukraine the first part of January she will submit them to the Ministry of Social Policy.  When our documents are approved we will get a travel date.

Our You Caring account has an ending date of 12/15 and we are just going to let it end.  We will still be doing the drawings from the Adoption Puzzle Fundraiser on the 15th of each month until we travel. We by no means have raised enough money but we are thankful to those who have stepped out with us.  Thank you for believing in what God has called us to do.  We are believing He will provide.

~Tina

  

Waiting Patiently

We are still waiting patiently on a couple of documents.  Which means we will not be able to submit our dossier (paperwork) to the Ministry of Social Policy in Ukraine until January.  The cutoff date is December 10.  The good news is, our facilitator is bringing a group of children to the USA to be hosted for Christmas and I will be able to send my dossier to her here.

Yes, I have been bumming over the wait and reminding myself daily how God has this.  He sees what I can't but it still feels so disheartening to work so hard, to get it all together, to then have to sit and wait.  So I have been finding comfort in His word.

 In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you
and wait expectantly.  Psalm 5:3 

And remembering that sweet girl across the pond who has been waiting much longer than I have. She knows she has a family coming but I wonder if she knows what that means.  We are not sure of her background; how old was she when she came to the orphanage; did she get to experience being in a family before the orphanage; did she get to look in to the eyes of a mother who loved her so?

I pray daily for God's protection over her.  That her heart and mind will be guarded.  That she goes to bed every night knowing that soon we will be there.  Hoping someday she will look in this mama's eyes and know that my love for her is a fierce love; a love that is forever; that doesn't give up or let go.

~Tina