A Week of Completion

What a week! On Sunday, Lauren and Anna Claire danced in their recital.  The theme was Once Upon a Time.  It was a first for both girls and they both thoroughly enjoyed it.  I was extremely impressed with Steeple Arts for having all the children dance and done within an hour! Yes, an hour! It was very entertaining and enjoyable.  On Tuesday, Ayden and Anna Claire had their Preschool Program.  They sang songs and said good bye to another.  Ayden graduated from preschool and is ready to start Kindergarten!  On Thursday, Lauren graduated from High School.  We were so proud of her and excited that she was able to pass her classes especially since this school was academically challenging and she had to work harder than ever before.  On Friday, John and I complete our Home Study!!!! We are ready to adopt our two boys from China!!!  What does this mean for us?  Well, Lifeline is waiting on all our references to complete their letters of recommendation for us.  Then, they will write a report on us which they will send to us for our approval.  We will have to sign it and return it along with a check.  Next, they will send it to immigration and from there it goes back to Lifeline where they collect more paperwork and then send everything to China.  That part of the process should be completed in four months.  From that point, more documents and paperwork is filed.  We can match anytime now with our boys. However, they are estimating that we would be traveling to China around January.  In the meantime, John and I will be selling coffee(justlovecoffee.com/pledger), jewelry(necklaces and bracelets $24 each), and candles(partylite.com, hostess Maryann Pledger).  Please consider being a part of this journey and ministry with us.  If you would like to buy something for our adoption check out the websites I stated or if you simply want to donate there is an option on the right of this website that would allow you to.  We are so excited about what God is doing in our lives!!  We are so blessed!