We have sent everything in for our 1-800A (immigration paperwork). Now, we are waiting on our approval notice from them. After that, we will be getting our travel approval from China. In the meantime, we will be applying for our Visas. I am sure by now they have told Sophie that she has a family. They say they usually tell the children after the LOA has been sent and ours has been for two weeks now. However, I don't know how much she understands since she is only two years old. But, we did send her a photo album of us, so hopefully that will help her understand that we will be her forever family. Now, we are just working on raising the funds so that we can go get her. They won't let us get her until we pay them in full. We are still doing fundraisers. The Flip Flop 2 Adopt fundraiser is over and raised enough to pay for our Visas. But, we still lack the total adoption fee. We have applied for an adoption loan, but that is still pending so we dont know for sure if we have it. If we do get it, we still have the travel costs to raise, which is about $5,000 each. We will have a fundraiser tonight at Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt in Southaven from 7pm to 9pm. We have another one there on May 28. Also, we are having a Matilda Jane Trunk Show at our house on Tuesday, April 30 from 5 to 7. We may have a fundraiser at Lost Pizza Co. soon. Our church is having a basketball tournament fundraiser for us. It will be a Saturday sometime in May and it will be $45 for each team to join. I will give out more information on this fundraiser at our church as soon as I get the information.
This is the hardest and longest wait yet! Knowing who Sophie is and knowing that we can't get her quite yet is killing us. It is like being past your due date when you're pregnant...you are just ready and can't stand it!
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