Monday Morning Update 4.2.12

Recap from last week:

M: We spoke to our social worker, and our first meeting is scheduled for this week! If all goes smoothly, we'll have our homestudy in hand in 8 weeks.

T: We spoke to our placing agency about adding Cullen to our application in their country.  We found out the fees for adding a second child to the adoption are $3,575, which includes our placing and foreign agency fees.  We began praying about fundraising for those fees.

I found out that my passport was entered into the Dept. of State system on 3/20, and taking care of the passport at the post office means I should have my passport back within 4 weeks of the date it's entered, hopefully 2 weeks from now.

W: Our Family Sponsorship Program is set up on Reece's Rainbow!  And because we can't share our kids' real names, we're calling our daughter "Katrin", which will be her middle name, and our son "Cullen", since that's his alias on RR. (We can't share their real names until the adoption is finalized, for their privacy.)

R:  Prizes for our fundraiser started coming together, and I'm amazed at the generosity of both friends and strangers.  Our FSP is already at $160!

Sa:  My passport came in the mail!  (That was fast!!!) A copy has to be included in the dossier, so this is one more item to check off the list!

Su:  $260 on the FSP!

Happy Monday everyone!