Now What?

Friends. You have all humbled me. Yesterday when I posted about our Home Study in my hands I was hoping you'd share in my excitement. And you did! And you all went SO far above and beyond that I was literally brought to tears.

Unless you have been through an international adoption or know someone who has, you might not know what comes next. Now that we have our completed, notarized copies of our home study we file for immigration. Then we wait up to three months for that to process. We will also need to have a special appointment made for biometric fingerprints (I don't even know what that means, but I'll tell you when I do).

From there we are mostly done with our side of the paperwork. We will need to pay $4,250 before our dossier can be sent to China (maybe July/August?). That cost will cover the paperwork that our agency has done for us, along with the fee for the agency processing our dossier paperwork.

I know it may sound cliche, but we really do want you to pray for us. As Matthew 17:20 says, "He replied, "Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you."

If you think of us, please pray for the mountains to move! I can't stress enough that your contributions are literally changing the life of a child. The life of our little girl. If you feel led to help financially I have several options for you.

1. A direct donation through our YouCaring page : Bringing Home Little Sister

2. A kind, and generous friend has offered a portion of the sales of this "HOPE" necklace to our adoption. Again, you guys blow me away! Ordering info can be found on the image below. 

3. Mama Hess Shirts! (Gotta give a shout out to FoxDuck Printing who made these super comfy shirts for me!) Shirts are $16 and exactly half of that will go towards our adoption. Again, I was surprised at the response I received and am nearly sold out. I can order more if people are interested. Sizes that are available as of 4/15/16 are: (Womens) 1 small, 1 medium, 2 larges, and 1 XL. (Mens) 1 small, 1 medium, 1 large. Please contact me through my Facebook page to get your size.

 

Notarized Home Study copies!!

So friends, that's it for now! I will, of course, keep you updated on the progress of the remaining paperwork and as we get closer to being matched with our daughter!

Lots of love,
Mama Hess