When we got our LOA package in the mail on Saturday, Oct. 13th we had so much excitement! We got travel information and visa applications and all sorts of fun stuff! We also knew that the next payment was due for this phase and we only had half of the money left from donations and fundraisers. So we didn't know where the other half was going to come from. As Robert and I are looking through the mound of paperwork, the fee schedule said that AAC our agency granted us a $3,000 grant! We were so thrilled! God knew that we would be taken care of!
Yesterday was also a very exciting day as we found out that one of AAC's employees is traveling to China on October 24th. She said she was willing to deliver care packages to families that have received their LOA or travel approval! So last night we put together a small care package for Zoe as the rule was it had to fit in a 1 gallon freezer bag. We put a small photo album, a colorful security blanket and lollipops for all the children on her floor! It will get delivered to her orphanage by the staff member so we know she will get it! That was so much fun getting it ready for her.
On top of all that excitement, we got a call last night from someone who wanted to make a large donation to us in installments for the remainder of our adoption process. So this amount will pretty much cover the rest of our adoption! GOD IS SO AWESOME AND ALWAYS OUR PROVIDER IF WE PUT OUR FAITH AND TRUST IN HIM THAT HE WILL PROVIDE! Robert and I are so blessed and thankful!
So now we just wait for travel approval which will take a few months for us to get, but we are a HUGE step closer to bringing our baby girl home!
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Friday, October 12, 2012
Zoe Christine Schmeltz Cole
OUR LOA IS HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Our agency called me today on my cell phone as I was sitting in Panera eating lunch. Erin asked me how my day was going and said that she thought she could make my day even better! She told me that our LOA had come! She is overnighting it to us and it will get here tomorrow. We then have to proof read and sign all documents and then overnight them back to AAC and then they will send them to USCIS. Our LOA means that China has said Zoe is officially our daughter and that we can come get her as soon as we get travel approval from them! Erin thinks we will most likely travel in February to get Zoe but I know my God can have us travel before then if he wills it! God is so awesome as we expected our LOA to take a good 2 to 3 months to be approved and it only took 3 weeks! A HUGE, GIANT, STEP CLOSER TO OUR ZOE!
Monday, October 1, 2012
Baby Shower
On Sept. 29th my mom put on the most beautiful baby shower for me! She and I decorated the Holy Grounds Cafe at Cornerstone chapel in hues of pink!! It was Chinese themed with the best Chinese food I have ever had! The room was full of love and happiness celebrating the life of Zoe with lots of women who love my family and Zoe. My dad was the photographer and captured so many awesome memories for me! It was a time of celebration! Zoe is so blessed to have so many Godly women praying for her. I can't thank my mom and dad enough for that beautiful day. Zoe you received so many beautiful gifts that we can't wait to give you and dress you up with! Daddy, Mommy, Taylor, Carter, Grandma and Grandpa love you with all our hearts!
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