Packages

Another FB post from Brandy:

June 23
Got our Dossier back this morning!! Now we can send it to CCAI to be translated and then off to China!!! Getting so much closer to being able to hug our sweet Jack! I have heard from other adopted parents who have used CCAI that it takes about 2 weeks to translate the forms and about 6 weeks for China to "approve" the forms. After that there is more waiting. But this time it will be for our travel dates to go to China! Whoop whoop!!  That usually takes a few months. When I see Jack's sweet face my heart fills with joy and I thank God for His faithfulness and undying love. Also for you all that have supported us in some way! This journey has been crazy, good and not so good, def been emotional but all so worth it! Love you all!

Brandy

Care Package

We were also told by our agency that we can start sending care packages to Jack.  They have an information packet with labels for us to attach to a photo album to send to him. They have labels translated in Chinese like "Mom", "Grandmother", "Your Room", "Our Dog", and "Our House".  They also have labels for us to send a gift to his nanny and/or director of orphanage.  There's even Chinese labels for "We Love You!" and "Happy Birthday!".  They told us we could send stuff we could fit in a shoe box.  We can even send a disposable camera for Jack's nanny to take pictures of him and his friends for us!  One suggestion we got was if we send him a toy, to have that same toy here when he gets home.  A sweet friend of ours got us a story book, where we can record our voices reading the story.  My mom and dad said we should send him a Paul Companies shirt, haha.

A little story about God's provision

As you know, one our fund-raising methods has been yard sales.  Last week we went and picked up some items from a friend who is remodeling her house.  She needed to get rid of some things, and she knew about our yard sales so she called us.  She had a bunch of stuff, and as a coincidence, I happened to be pulling a U-Haul trailer the day we went to pick up her donations.  As it turns out, she owns a business where one of her services is organizing and de-cluttering.  The day after we picked up her items, she called to let us know she had MORE items.  She asked her customer, and they said it was okay for her to donate the clutter to us.  Today, we had this conversation:

Little things like this are our every-day miracles that we have seen throughout the adoption process.  I want to make more of a point to share more of these.