Dossier is COMPLETE!!!

Dossier is complete and arrived at America World this morning.  Next stop State Department and the Ethiopian Embassy.  Lord willing we will be DTE (Dossier to Ethiopia) on Friday, February 4th.  It seems like it has taken forever to get to this point, but we are finally here...now the really hard part begins...waiting.  We know that it will be awhile before we receive our referral, and that it is all in God's time.  We are just finally relieved to have the paperchase behind us and we are looking forward to the future God has planned for us with our daughter.  The daughter that He has chosen for us.  Everyday that goes by will be another day praying for Rayne!

Dossier almost complete!!!

We are getting closer.  Our dossier is almost complete.  We are waiting on 2 more documents and we will be done and one step closer to bringing home Rayne.  With the final 2 forms we will be able to mail off our dossier and get on the list for our little girl.  It has been a struggle at times but we know this is a long process and we just have to have patience and faith.  We know that the daughter God has planned for us will be OUR daughter and will complete our family.  So until then we will continue to be Praying for Rayne!

Almost done with paperwork!!!

We've got our appointment for our fingerprinting, only a little paperwork left and we will be done and waiting on our referral.  It feels like it has been a long time coming but it will be a wonderful day when we mail off our dossier.

And the winner is...

Congratulations to Eve Clevenger who won the iPad in our raffle.  Thanks to all who participated. We were able to raise over $1100 to go towards bringing home our angel.

Ipad Raffle Fundraiser

I have decided to hold a raffle for a 16G Wifi enabled Ipad.  If anyone would like tickets please let me know.  They will be 1 for $10 or 3 for $20.  The drawing will be held December 15th, this would make a great Christmas present.  All proceeds will go towards Rayne's adoption.

Home Study Visits Complete

We finished the Home Study visits with the Social Worker.  All went well, now we just need to wait for the report so we can move on to the next step...fingerprinting.  Can't wait.  I will be spending the morning copying and faxing a myriad of paperwork to our AWAA Coordinator.  Hooray!!!

Rayne

Rebecca and I have struggled with finding a fitting name for our daughter to be.  We both want her name to have a special meaning and we want it to be unique.  Each of us came up with our own name and it seemed like for our own reasons we couldn't agree.  But as the head of the household I have made an executive decision and our little angel will be named Rayne (Rebecca's choice).  The meaning of her name is "abundant blessings from above" and we know that is exactly what she will be.   So, with that said, we can stop calling her "little sister" and start calling her Rayne...Rayne Danielle Wilson...I believe it has a nice ring to it!