Waiting Again...

I wanted to give you all a brief update of what it currently going on with the adoption process.

We went a couple of weeks ago to Birmingham to get our Bio-metric fingerprints done for Homeland Security.  Mark's parents had to do this with us.  (Hopefully that is the last thing they will have to do in this process with us!) Anyway...we got a notification last week that Mark's mom's fingerprints were unreadable....AGAIN! :( That is the 4th time her fingerprints have been unreadable in this process.

We are very grateful that by contacting Homeland Security and explaining the situation - She has unreadable prints, and is on dialysis and it it very difficult for her to get away for a two hour trip like that.  They were very helpful and allowed us to provide background information in a different way.  We pray that all this paperwork moves through the system quickly and allows us to get our Dossier to China SOON!!

DTC
What exactly is DTC? Well...it means Dossier to China and it is really the place we want to be at next...quickly!! Please pray that all our paperwork comes together without any snags and that we can get it to China ASAP!! This would be the only thing that could hinder us being "officially" matched with the little boy that we were referred from our agency.  We do know it is all in God's hands and timing...we just really want to see Godspeed on these papers!! :) I will keep everyone posted!!

Fundraising
We are coming to an end of our $50 Family Photo Fundraiser.  It will be ending after 7 wonderful months, at the end of November!! We have met some AMAZING families through this process and are just blown away at God's provision through this fundraiser.  All the glory goes to the Lord for it...because it was His idea for sure!! We're grateful for all the families who participated to help us.  At the end of November...we will have photographed close to 85 families! That truly boggles our mind!!! It has been a blessing though!! Thank you to the families who participated!! YOU have helped us raise close to $7500 to go and bring our little boy home!! YAY!!!

We are getting close to the $12,000 mark for fundraising.  We praise God for His provision so far...and we look forward to what the next few months hold.  There are great opportunities for God to do some wonderful things and we look forward to see what He is going to do!!

Travel
Many of you have asked when we will be going to China to get our little boy.  This is something we really will not know until we're logged in over there and know more so where our paperwork is in the process.  Our guess is it will be sometime in the spring of 2013.  But we do not know specifics. We promise to keep you all posted!!

Prayer
-  Please continue to pray for the paperwork to move through quickly!

-  We have applied for an adoption grant...please pray for favor regarding this

-  We still need to raise at least $23,000 more.  It will come! We're not worried...we just want to lift this up     to the Lord and ask Him to bring the provision! It really is expensive.  Thats sad...because so many more people would be open to adoption if it were not for the cost.  We would love to see this change in the   future. But until then...we pray that other families will step out in the boldness of the Lord and trust HIM to     provide for these children.  It is an eternal investment!! It is definitely storing up treasures in Heaven!!

Thats it for now! As we get more details and info...I will make sure and send them your way!!! Thank you all for your love and support! It means the world to us!
Blessings,
Mark & Buffi