We got notification today that Reece's Rainbow received our inital paperwork and in the next few days we should be getting a whole new load of paperwork! They will also create a profile for us where donations to our adoption can be made directly through them. 100% of all donations will go toward our adoption.
I forgot to mention in my last post that we were told to prepare to bring her home in August! We have the first visit for our home study next Saturday the 16th and just got landed with a bunch of paperwork for that too which those of you who have adopted understand.
Yesterday I had a long talk with a new friend named Ellen who just got home from bringing her beautiful daughter home from the same orphanage! Her daughter, Nina, and Olivia were friends in the orphanage and both have CP. Ellen has been such a blessing to us. We learned all kinds of information about Olivia's personality and what to expect when we are over there. They live in Iowa and we intend to meet after Olivia is home so that the girls can be reconnected. We also decided yesterday that her middle name will be Valerie for Larry's sister. Her real first name is very clearly from her country so we liked that she will have a name that connects her to her heritage and a name that connects her to our family.
The most common phrase in our house right now is "I can't wait to meet her!" If only she knew how much she was loved by a family half way across the world!
6 comments:
Welcome to the club!! She is a beautiful girl and i am so glad she will be coming home to you!!
August! How exciting! And you will have beautiful weather there.
And I am so excited to see her again (and so will Nina)Today we looked at pictures of Olivia and Nina just kept looking at her, asked me to show her the pictures again.
Hi I want to introduce myself...I am Olivia's prayer warrior through Reece's Rainbow! My family and I have been praying for her since July last year that she would find her forever home. We weren't able to pursue bringing a special one home, because God has already provided us with two of our own! But we have brought her up before God every day since July and we are so happy for her and your family!!!! We will continue to watch your blog for updates. God's blessings on taking care of our angel - our prayers were answered.
Pat
Wow - I just read your bio info - we live in St. Peters, MO! What a coincidence!
Pat
Pat - We can't believe you are from St. Peters too! We'd love to talk more. You can e-mail us at fourloraines@yahoo.com
I am so amazed by you guys! You truly are a blessing to so many people. Not only in the family, your friends, Church,.....but to this little girl. Im so excited to have another additional to our family!!! I love how you guys have decided to have Val's name as her middle name. Congratulations again!!!
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