Not too much to tell again, but we are getting very close to having our papers sent to China, so that's a good thing! This past month of doing dossier stuff has been easy in a way--the paperwork was basically done before we started, so not time-consuming, but hard in other ways, as several minute details on papers have caused lots of delays. The dossier part has been a lot of "oh no, hurry and fix this" and then even more of just waiting for things to process.
So here we are now with our papers in DC and I'm told in 2ish weeks they should be on their way to China. Then by the end of September I think we should be "logged in" to China's system and therefore able to be matched with our girl! We could have a few weeks' wait for the matching or a few months. Not thinking too much about that yet, but soon we will need to talk with our agency about narrowing down that 0-5 age range and maybe even giving a couple of special needs we'd particularly feel comfortable with.
As we get ready to send the kids back to school tomorrow and I have a few days this week of no work (a.k.a freedom!), I have been thinking a lot about how much life's going to change here in a few months. I don't think I even will realize how "free" I actually am right now, with our kids being so independent, until I am attached to a toddler again!! Going to need lots of grace to accept that new way of life when it gets here.
For now, a big prayer is that we'd be given a matching grant that we are being considered for over the next few weeks. If we got it, we'd be able to sell the crafts we are working on and this organization would match the amount sold up to a certain point. Could be a big help and perfect timing with the sales coming up this fall. They could also give us an interest-free loan, which would be helpful, or may turn us down for anything, which wouldn't be surprising. Hoping for some help though! We should know by the end of September and could also hear from another grant around then as well. In the meantime, the crafts are building up and I'm running out of room to house them!
More updates as I get them...
