Thursday, February 16, 2012

Approved!! It came today! Our USCIS approval came TODAY! That means the government has given us the go ahead to bring an orphan into our country and our family. All the homestudy hard work paid off and all the necessary information was present for them to give us the go ahead without needing any extra info. This is the last big piece of the dossier. We're so close to submitting all our paperwork to the little lady's government. Pretty soon we'll be on a flight to meet the sweetie! Oh and a HUGE HUGE thank you to those who donate! All these funds will go directly toward our flights. I can't believe we're this close!!!!!!!
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  1. Paul & LizFebruary 16, 2012 at 8:26 PM

    I am so excited for you and your family Gretchen! I hope you are able to raise all the money you need to travel as quickly as possible!

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  2. CherisaFebruary 17, 2012 at 5:45 AM

    Hooray! So exciting! Prayers for your family as you work toward bringing your other daughter home!

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  3. KatieFebruary 18, 2012 at 9:17 PM

    Congratulations! Can't wait until you get to go meet her!

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  4. LivingtoglorifyFebruary 19, 2012 at 12:45 PM

    SO glad to have found your blog and hear this news. About 5 or 6 months ago I followed a link to the RR page from a friend's facebook. Upon glancing through some of the children I could NOT get Marissa off my mind. My hubby and I plan to adopt in the future but are not a place where we can right now. I did not understand why this little lady stood out to me so much KNOWING that it said she needed a family quickly and we were in no place. For about 5 days i went back to her profile, read over it, prayed for her, tried to figure out why she was in my mind. Then one time i went back i saw "my family found me" link. I do not know if this was the actual time you "found" her, just when it got transitioned on the page, or even just a difficult time in the process that needed extra prayer(maybe i just didn't realize she was on the "found" page at first). My initial reaction was that of sadness because i had been wondering if somehow God was going to do something with our family to connect with this precious one. However, upon seeking Him I quickly felt He had just been wanting me to pray for her specifically during that time. Anyway... I just wanted to share that with you and say i will be watching this to follow your progress and praying.

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  5. JeniFebruary 21, 2012 at 2:02 PM

    I'm so happy for you guys!!!!!! This is so exciting!!!!!

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