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Believe it or not, there is beauty in the chaos, clean socks in the dryer, and dinner's on the way.
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About Me
- erika's funny farm
- I am a 30 something, working mom to 5 kids, married to one terrific hubby, slowly making it through grad school, and loving this ride called life. This blog began as an outlet about raising a large family in a 2 kid world. Now it is more about the joys of simple living and the blessings of life surrounded by these kiddos.
Things I Believe In
Jeremiah 29:11
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future." (NIV)
Blogs I Follow
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My Daughter!9 years ago
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James 1:27
"Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world" (NIV)
Isaiah 43:5
"Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your children from the east and gather you from the west." (NIV)
2 Corinthians 12:7-10
"To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me, But he said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong." (NIV)
Journey to Julia
- Thursday December 25, 2008 Christmas Day BRING HER HOME!!!! All 5 children meet for the first time.
- Wednesday December 24, 2008 Receive her visa
- Tuesday December 23, 2008 American Consulate Appointment
- Tuesday December 16, 2008 Finalize Adoption Paperwork
- Monday December 15, 2008 MEET OUR DAUGHTER!!!!!
- Wednesday December 10, 2008 Leave for Beijing!!!!
- Tuesday December 2, 2008 Received Final Itinerary
- Friday November 21, 2008 American Consulate Appointment Confirmed, Purchased International Plane Tickets
- Thursday November 20, 2008 Received Travel Authorization
- Tuesday October 28, 2008 Letter of Seeking Confirmation Letter received, signed, and overnighted back to CHI
- Monday October 26,2008 9:50am THE CALL
- July 16, 2008 LOG IN DATE!!!!!!
- July 2, 2008 (Finally)All Dossier Documents submitted to CHI.
- Friday March 14, 2008 Documents sent to Chinese Conuslates and the US Dept of State (these will be forwarded to the Embassy in DC)
- Thursday March 13, 2008 Final Dossier documents recieved, and State Certified the same day
- Tuesday March 4, 2008 PreApproval Letter received from CCAA
- Tuesday February 26, 2008 6:14pm GOT THE CALL... She was available, and our request was submitted. Our agency locked her file. WE ARE GETTING A GIRL!!!
- Friday February 22, 2008 Submitted paperwork anyway, incase she became available
- Thursday February 21, 2008 Recieved File, decided to proceed... another agency had her locked, we had to wait.
- Monday February 18, 2008 Requested information from the Waiting Child List... another family had the file, we had to wait.
- Monday February 11, 2008 Documents State Certified
- Friday February 1, 2008 file I-600A petition to CIS
- Friday January 4, 2008 Homestudy complete!!!
- Wednesday November 28, 2007 3:30pm home visit by the social worker
- Thursday November 15, 2007 all paperwork turned in for homestudy
- Monday November 12, 2007 12:00pm joint interview with the social worker
- Wednesday November 7, 2007 11:00am Orientation, 12:00pm Erika's individual interview with the social worker
- Tuesday Novmber 6, 2007 12:00pm Scott's individual interview with the social worker
- Friday October 26, 2007 2:15pm Recieved a phone call that we are approved for the China Program
- Sunday October 21, 2007 Submitted Application to Children's Hope international
2 comments:
Thanks for the comment and CONGRATS!!!
We also just got our referral and accepted it today, for 4 yr old twins, a boy and girl.
Amazing!!!
Sharon
OHHH....Congatulations, I can't wait to hear the whole story!
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