we are so, so close to having the money we need for our dossier. it still doesn't look like we'll be able to send it sooner than january (WHICH IS NEXT MONTH!!!!) simply because we're relying on jamie's paychecks. but let me tell you where we are and how you can pray for us.
a few weeks ago, i outlined all the costs for sending our dossier. i forgot to add $500 for our second child's post-adoption placement fees. so our need is $15,500 (plus an extra $200 or so to have our dossier authenticated). we have been incredibly blessed by donations to our adoption account and by people buying our coffee:
$411 in coffee sales
$875 in donations (this doesn't count donations given to us before our first agency fee)
we currently have $2335 in savings, which includes $450 from our yard sale. we also have our chickfila check for $271.
SO, here's what you can pray for:
1. we need the IRS to send us our $8000 homebuyer's tax credit. seriously, without that money, we won't be sending our dossier anytime soon. please pray that it comes soon and that it hasn't gotten lost in the mail.
2. including the $8000 tax credit, we can account for all but $3590 of what we need. we are about 99% sure we can pay that $3590 with jamie's paychecks and with some money jamie is receiving from social security, so please pray that we are able to do so.
3. related to #2, i received a medical bill last week that we had not anticipated having to pay. it's a $300 bill, which isn't that much if you're not paying for an adoption. we're still not sure why insurance didn't cover it. i'm calling our doctor and our insurance this week about it, so please pray God might work something out in that situation so that we don't have to pay this bill.
4. pray we can sell the furniture we've been trying to sell. anything that we don't have to take out of jamie's paychecks is money we can save for travel expenses. seriously, the funds chase doesn't stop after the dossier is sent.
5. i applied for a job this week, and i'm hoping to hear about an interview soon. if i could start working soon after i'm done with school, that would also help us raise that $3590 quickly.
and so as not to forget about praises...we are thrilled for our friends the umlaufs who received a referral yesterday for their 3-month-old son moses. they waited 6 months to finally meet their little boy, and we praise jesus that they now have his picture and his story to carry them through the last part of the journey.
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Praying on my knees daily for you. Praying so hard that the money comes in but even harder that your babies know you are coming, that they feel it in their sweet hearts. You know that your sweet babies are right next to our two in my heart, I so so so cannot wait to celebrate with you when you have all the money, when you get your referral, when you finally have your hands on those precious children and when I finally get some snuggles in with some cuties Dean kids too!
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