1800-A is OFF

What is an 1800-A?
This is a set of documents (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services), through the Department of Homeland Security.  It's an application for determination of suitability to adopt a child from a convention country.

It's a set of documents that include our completed home study, birth certificates and the application paperwork.    Once it is received, it should take about 2 weeks for approval.  Once this happens, we start our work on the dossier.

The dossier is a set of legal, notarized and authenticated documents including:  birth certificates, marriage certificates, employment verification letter, financial statements, medical suitability certificates, police clearance letter, home study, USCIS approval (1800-A), reference letters of all kinds, doctor's letters, passports, family photos, family letter, heath insurance verification forms, agreements, payments for country fees, and more.    The gathering of such information will take months to complete.  Please pray for me during this time of serious paperwork business.  (:

In the middle of this, I will also be applying for adoption grants.  There are some wonderful ministries that offer grants to help with the cost of adoption.  The paperwork involved is also much to accomplish.  (:    
I have to laugh a bit, as some that know me, understand that my gift of organizing is not one to admire.  LOL    However, I am on a mission to reinvent myself as one of such talent.    I have people in my life who have achieved the status of masters of organizing and they are my mentors.  You know who you are.  (VS and JL).

We are currently in need of raising $1500.00 this week to pay our next due amount of $4950.00.

The continued support is beyond appreciated.  Thanks for keeping up with our journey.  Keep praying and sharing our story with others.

We believe that God called us to this adoption journey and He will remain faithful to the end.   We never doubt His love, His purpose and His promises.