July 17, 2014 was a good day for us. Our PA was approved and Min is finally off of the Waiting Child list for China. She is moving forward on her journey to coming home.
We are progressing on our needed documents. Some things have changed in the year since our last adoption of Cora. We have 6 months to complete our dossier. For those of you who do not know or remember, this is a list of documents needed to complete the adoption. We refer to this list as our "Treasure Hunt". This has proved in the past to be our biggest trial of patience. You fill out documents, have documents filled out, notarized, apostiled, send them off for Authentication and Verification from the Chinese Embassy in Chicago, wait for them to return so we can send them to WACAP for translation. Hurry and wait, hurry and wait, and wait...
Dossier Documents needed:
*Birth Certificate for each parent certified from the state (done online)
*Marriage Certificate certified from the state (done online)
*Financial Statement: Letter of net worth, liabilities, and assets. Must be notarized.
Police Clearance Report: appointment for fingerprinting, send to Lansing, wait for letter.
*Letter of Employment: Completed by HR department of employer stating current position, time employed, salary, and statement of possibility of continuous employment.
I-797C: This is from USCIC stating that Min's immigration paperwork has been processed and approved.
*Adoption Application Letter is written by us stating that we want to adopt and the type of child we would accept. We will give all rights of a biological child to our adopted child.
Homestudy: As it sounds we pay someone to look at our home, see how we parent, how we were raised, what friends and family have to say about us. This takes 3 visits and has its own documents that need completed. This also takes a large amount of time to complete.
(* documents are completed so as of today we are 5/8 with the easiest documents completed and the time sensitive ones still needed.)
We are still trying to find ways for raising money for Min's adoption. So far the flyers are not giving us the results that we were hoping for. We are very concerned that we will not be able to fund our adoption. Our 10 year old daughter (she was also adopted) wants to make jewelry and sell it. I am hoping to find a way locally that she can do this. She is wanting to help so much. Our youngest daughter has only been home for a little over a year and gave us her piggy bank with her "horsey money" in it so we could bring home her Mei Mei (baby sister) now. It breaks my heart and fills it with joy at the same time for the love my children all have for their sister already.
