Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Fundraising is Fun!

We had a fundraiser on July 21st at Pizza Inn. We had a great group of friends come out and help us work. It was really a lot of fun! We are blessed with such wonderful friends!
Our name in lights!
Rhonda, me and Katie- these girls were awesome drink fillers! :  )
My hubby-hard at work!
These guys weren't old enough to work so they just came and hung out!
Amy worked hard while Heath had baby duty!
D kept baby Daniel so Brad could help serve!
Kelli provided service with a smile!
My brother thinking, " What did I get myself into?"
Elizabeth working hard!
Valerie filling up drinks!
Allison scooping the ice!
These three girls had a blast raiding the tattoo machine while we worked. I think Mary may have a future in the tattoo business!
My mom and dad! Mom helped serve and dad kept up with Madison for us!
JB hard at work!
I don't even want to know what Randall is saying in this photo!
Melanie showing off her tray skills!
Me, Allen and Brad
Everybody working hard!
Two tired ladies and one tired baby after a long night of serving!
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So Much Support!

I wanted to share some pictures of some of the people who came out to support us at our fundraiser. We were so busy it was hard to get many pictures. We raised over $1,200.00! Most of that was in tips! It was a great turn out and we are so appreciative to everyone who came out!
The Crosby Family
Sabrina,  Lynn, and the Foreman's
The Oates and Proper clan
Connor and Reese
Melanie and her wonderful family!
My in-laws
The Dale's and Moore's
Kim our SS teacher!
The Johnson family!
Mollie and her mom and uncle!
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Official Waiting on Travel


Another step closer!!
Referral and Letter of Acceptance Received-completed February 2012
Hague Home Study -Completed March 2012
File for I-800A with USCIS-March 2012
I-800A Approval-May 21, 2012
I-800 Provisional Approval Received-Received June 18, 2012
Receipt from National Visa Center-Received June 27,2012
Consulate Package sent to China-Mailed to China June 29,2012
Article 5 letter issues by Consulate -Dropped off June 18, 2012
Travel Approval Received-Waiting

Sunday, July 1, 2012

Another Date to Remember


One more date to remember!
Referral and Letter of Acceptance Received-completed February 2012
Hague Home Study -Completed March 2012
File for I-800A with USCIS-March 2012
I-800A Approval-May 21, 2012
I-800 Provisional Approval Received-Received June 18, 2012
Receipt from National Visa Center-Received June 27,2012
Consulate Package sent to China-Mailed to China June 29,2012
Article 5 letter issues by Consulate -Waiting
Travel Approval Received-Waiting

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Fundraising


Matthew 21:22  And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.

If you don't know our story you need to read how this all started here:  From the Beginning.
As you can see we were not planning for this adoption so we weren't financially prepared for the money it cost to complete the process. However, we know that God has a plan and Lucy is meant to be in our family. When we adopted Madison we paid for everything and did no fundraising. Allen felt strongly about asking others to help pay for us to have a child. However, with this adoption God has truly showed us that sometimes you must seek help from others. We weren't prepared for the large fee that we must pay for the orphanage donation or the travel expense that we will have to pay to go to China. So we have started doing some fundraising to help cover our cost.
I did a flip flop fundraiser with my school and a few others in the spring and raised $800. My school did a wonderful BBQ luncheon and raised an amazing $1000! We have had various friends and family send us money and so far have probably raised a little over $2500 in all! This is an awesome amount of money and we are so blessed to have so many generous people around to help us.However, we still have a large amount of money to accomplish our goal. We are currently doing another fundraiser with the same company I did my flip flop fundraiser with in the spring. You can order items online and they will be sent directly to you  and we will get credit. Here is the site:
If you purchase any items just make sure you click on A.Dunn adoption at check out.
 We are also planning a Pizza Inn fundraiser in July and  a possible really cool fundraiser with a talented friend coming soon! 
I am sure God intends on us using our story to speak of how faithful He is and how we are blessed immeasurably more than we ever could have imagined! I honestly can't wait to see how He uses us to tell and share our story with others!

Surprise!

Well who knew last night I posted an update and got up today to an email with more good news!


Referral and Letter of Acceptance Received-completed February 2012
Hague Home Study -Completed March 2012
File for I-800A with USCIS-March 2012
I-800A Approval-May 21, 2012
I-800 Provisional Approval Received-Received June 18, 2012
Receipt from National Visa Center-Received June 27,2012
Consulate Package sent to China-Waiting-This sitting at our adoption agency ready to be sent out tomorrow! YAY! 
Article 5 letter issues by Consulate -Waiting
Travel Approval Received-Waiting
 We are most likely looking at the end of August or early September travel. Even though it looks like we are close each step takes a long time! The Article 5 letter will take 2 weeks and then the wait for TA will begin. That can take 4 to 6 weeks. However, some people are getting TA in like 14 days! So we just don't know. The good thing is all the paperwork is pretty much complete and now we just wait! 

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

One Step Closer


One more thing can be checked off the list for waiting!
Referral and Letter of Acceptance Received-completed February 2012
Hague Home Study -Completed March 2012
File for I-800A with USCIS-March 2012
I-800A Approval-May 21, 2012
I-800 Provisional Approval Received-Received June 18, 2012
Receipt from National Visa Center-Waiting
Consulate Package sent to China-Waiting
Article 5 letter issues by Consulate -Waiting
Travel Approval Received-Waiting

We still had have wait ahead of us but one more step closer!