the money issue

So i was thinking while we are waiting for good news from China, and since i've been whining about waiting, i could at least tell you the VERY super cool and amazing story of the money for jamison's adoption.

when scott and i decided to move forward towards adopting jamison, we had no earthly idea where in tarnation we would come up with the money for another adoption. we are no where near paying off our first adoption. but we decided to try. we decided that since jamison was older and special needs that maybe we could qualify for a lot of grants. so we started the process with, truly, no way to pay for all of the adoption expenses.

our friend, josh made us this beautiful little website to help spread the word about jamison's story and about us being a little on the fund-lacking side of things. he also made us a facebook page for jamison. as a result of these kind gestures, a dear friend of ours called one day and was just expressing her excitement about the adoption. she then proceeded to share with us that there was someone who wanted to donate the entire cost of the adoption. this is a BIG deal. this does not just happen all of the time. we are talking about someong giving you the means to get to your child, someone making a way for you to be together. it was a totally unbelievable moment. i am grateful to abba. i still cry and get goose bumps when i remember that conversation. even as i type these words, i am still in shock. so, unspeakable thanks to our anonymous donor. our hearts are full of thankfulness.

there is amazing good in this process, and i need to remember that. so there is my happy post, free of whining and full of gratefulness!!

The Waiting Place

Our official approval from the united states government to bring a male child between the ages of 10-15 from china into this country has arrived. the united states says it's okay. now we are oh so patiently waiting for china to approve jamison's paperwork so that he will become "adoptable".

the portion of the chinese government in charge of special needs adoptions has had his file since september 25th. we are just waiting for them to approve his paperwork. once his paperwork is approved, the woman in charge of the special needs adoptions has promised to give jamison's file directly to our adoption agency so that we can be "matched" with him.

this is a hard process, this waiting. everyone adopting experiences a lot of waiting. it is so difficult knowing his medical needs, seeing him go through stressful and uncomfortable surgeries while we are so far apart from each other. so, some paperwork movement would be fantastic right about now!

jamison does not know about us yet. he knows that there are future plans for him to move to the united states, but he does not know why. he is waiting too.

so we all wait together, for paperwork and governments. for someone to come into work on a certain day in the right mood and decide to get his paperwork done. we wait. and hope. and pray.

The One to Get the Ball Rolling

Hey, this is a blog about adopting jamison. it will be about the journey our paths take to finally come together, and everything that happens while we wait for that day to come to fruition. there will be many lower case letters, as well as run on sentences. please forgive these unsightly offenses.

You might already know that our family is trying to adopt a little boy who is waiting in china for his forever family. this little blog will be my tool for keeping you posted, if you have interest in that sort of thing. feel free to drop in anytime, i'd be honored to have you here with me from time to time.