Wow! Time is just flying by. A couple months ago we were rushing to get going on our home study. December, in perfect time for the Christmas craziness, we are in the middle of a LOT of different things to do with the adoption.... all while trying to take care of 6 kids, shop and bake for the holidays! But God is so good! So we will tell you what miracles He has performed this month :-)
Our home study is being completed as we speak. The final piece of the puzzle is the psychological report, which I actually thought was part of our dossier. So as soon as that is completed we can let our hair down, finish up our dossier and find our baby!!!
We had an enormously pleasant surprise when we were told by our paperwork coordinator from All Gods Children that we are almost done with both our home study AND our dossier!!! With life being as hectic as it is Julie has been an AMAZING blessing to our family. She has kept us on the ball because every 2 weeks she calls me and talks over what needs to be done within the next 2 weeks. Without even realizing it we were working through, not only our home study, but our dossier paperwork. So instead of another 3 months of handing things in we have another month at the most. We are thrilled that soon we will be paperwork ready and able to move forward with finding our baby/child and getting paperwork(ugh, paperwork, haha) ready to go to China.
We would like to take a moment, I wish we could take more, to thank all of you who we tapped on the shoulder to ask for a reference. You have been awesome in getting that paperwork in. I think we only have 2 more that need to come back!!! Thank you so so much!!!
Obviously the only obstacle that has been in our way is....you guess it....funding. We have been amazingly blessed that just in time to set up our psychological evaluations we have the exact amount needed to hand to her. PRAISE GOD!!! With all our crochet and baking, plus selling some kitties and cutting back on some spending God has given us that money.
Our next obstacle that we are asking the Lord to help us overcome is the $2,500.00 needed to complete and send in our home study. After that we have another $5,000 to raise for our dossier. So before February 1st we need to have that money in our account and ready to go. Please pray hard that people step forward and donate. Our gofundme is gofundme.com/hoffmanadoption. Please pray about giving as the Lord leads. We thank you for $5, we thank you for $500, whatever the Lord puts on you, every single penny brings our child home and out of the situation they are in. Thank you for taking a moment to pray.
To raise this money, aside from outright donations, we are selling crochet items, blanket yarn scarves have been enormously popular!!!!, plates of cookies and fresh, homemade yeast and sweet breads. Because of how amazingly generous you have all been in purchasing these we have been able to move forward. We could not do this without you. Thank you for helping us bring our baby/child home!!!!
Our next event to try and raise some funds is our pancake breakfast!!! We are so excited and so thankful to everyone who has volunteered to help pull this together! Our pancake breakfast is Saturday, December 19th from 8-11 at the West Walworth Fire Department on West Walworth Rd in Macedon. West Walworth road is off 441. Please email me at Davidspsalm_23@yahoo.com for directions or go to our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/870653809715424/
Another thing we have been so blessed with is speaking about our adoption process at our church, New Life Bible on Atlantic Rd in Macedon. For the past 2 Sundays and for this Sunday coming up we have been speaking at our church and they will be taking a love offering this Sunday. If you would like to attend to learn more, first hand, about our adoption, please come! Service is from 10:30 until about 11:45.
Thank you so much for taking the time to pray for us. We are incredibly blessed to have the friends and family we have. Love you all!!!!
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