I emailed our facilitator last night and while I was doing some shopping today, we received a reply. Tim read it at 2:00, but did not call and tell me.
As I was unpacking my shopping bags, he told me Merry Christmas and handed me a printout of the email.
What a wonderful Christmas present.
Are appointment is 2/10/10 at 9:00am. That is a Tuesday. We will fly out on Saturday or Sunday.
We are smiling ear to ear!
Thanks to everyone for all the prayers.
Love,
R & T
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Monday, December 14, 2009
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Dear Santa
Dear Santa,
All we want for Christmas is an appointment date.
The document that we were asked to submit to the SDA by 12/18/09 has been shipped FedEx and is in Paris awaiting delivery to Ukraine!
Love to all,
R & T
All we want for Christmas is an appointment date.
The document that we were asked to submit to the SDA by 12/18/09 has been shipped FedEx and is in Paris awaiting delivery to Ukraine!
Love to all,
R & T
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Approved!
We found out today that the SDA has approved the dossier, but they need one more document by 12/18/09. Seems that the names on my passport and my State Police background clearance do not match exactly. So - I have to affirm who I am, have it notarized, apostilled and to Ukraine to be submitted on 12/18/09. The form will go next day FedEx in the morning to the State for apostille and then back to us next day. So, we should get it Fri. or Sat. at the latest.
We will receive our appointment date after this form is submitted/accepted.
Thanks for everyone for all the prayers and support!
We are almost there.
Love,
R & T
We will receive our appointment date after this form is submitted/accepted.
Thanks for everyone for all the prayers and support!
We are almost there.
Love,
R & T
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Still no news
No news yet. Tomorrow is working day 10 since the submission. According to our facilitator, the SDA has 10 days to give an answer.
At least we have been busy, so the wait has not been too bad. And, we have a busy weekend planned - tomorrow night, we hope to go to Connie Maxwell Children's Home to view their live nativity, Christmas lights and maybe even take a carriage ride. I have ridden through there lots of time - at least 3 times each year while I was an activity director at an assisted living. So - the thrill has not been there for a while. But, we have never been to the live nativity or on a carriage ride, so that will be exciting. Saturday I plan on going to Anderson to do some Christmas shopping and then Saturday night, we have a family birthday dinner for Tim's brother. Sunday, we have church and then our Christmas Cantata at 5:00.
Please pray that the SDA approves us and that we find out our appointment date soon.
I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.
Will update if we hear anything.
Love,
R & T
At least we have been busy, so the wait has not been too bad. And, we have a busy weekend planned - tomorrow night, we hope to go to Connie Maxwell Children's Home to view their live nativity, Christmas lights and maybe even take a carriage ride. I have ridden through there lots of time - at least 3 times each year while I was an activity director at an assisted living. So - the thrill has not been there for a while. But, we have never been to the live nativity or on a carriage ride, so that will be exciting. Saturday I plan on going to Anderson to do some Christmas shopping and then Saturday night, we have a family birthday dinner for Tim's brother. Sunday, we have church and then our Christmas Cantata at 5:00.
Please pray that the SDA approves us and that we find out our appointment date soon.
I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.
Will update if we hear anything.
Love,
R & T
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Five more working days....
Our facilitator has verified that the dossier was submitted on 11/23/09. She stated that the SDA has 10 working days to provide an answer. So, five of those days have passed.
Hopefully, we will have an answer by next Friday.
My wonderful, self-admitted OCD husband decorated the Christmas tree last night. I had a massage and when I came home, he was just getting started. I went to bed around 10:00 and when I woke up at 3:30 - surprise!!! Once he gets started, he can't stop.
We decided to add some color to our tree this year. We normally use ivory or gold balls in addition to our special ornaments. This year, we bought shatterproof balls and used blue, red, green and gold. I really like the new look. I think it is something a child will like better also.
**for those of you who know us - the Star Trek tree DID NOT go up this year. Don't faint - there are no Star Trek ornaments on the main tree either. He did mention putting it up next year or turning that tree into a child-themed tree.
***for those of you who may not know us that well - Tim love Christmas. I love it, but he has me beat, no doubt about it. But - he didn't work retail for 12 1/2 years and he has never had to put up 5 trees at work for 5 years in a row. Thank goodness I only have to do 3 at work now - but that takes the fun out of doing a tree at home.
Today we will decorate the mantel and the outside.
I am going back to bed. Just woke up and saw the tree and, well, I got excited!
Hope everyone has a great weekend.
Love,
R & T
Hopefully, we will have an answer by next Friday.
My wonderful, self-admitted OCD husband decorated the Christmas tree last night. I had a massage and when I came home, he was just getting started. I went to bed around 10:00 and when I woke up at 3:30 - surprise!!! Once he gets started, he can't stop.
We decided to add some color to our tree this year. We normally use ivory or gold balls in addition to our special ornaments. This year, we bought shatterproof balls and used blue, red, green and gold. I really like the new look. I think it is something a child will like better also.
**for those of you who know us - the Star Trek tree DID NOT go up this year. Don't faint - there are no Star Trek ornaments on the main tree either. He did mention putting it up next year or turning that tree into a child-themed tree.
***for those of you who may not know us that well - Tim love Christmas. I love it, but he has me beat, no doubt about it. But - he didn't work retail for 12 1/2 years and he has never had to put up 5 trees at work for 5 years in a row. Thank goodness I only have to do 3 at work now - but that takes the fun out of doing a tree at home.
Today we will decorate the mantel and the outside.
I am going back to bed. Just woke up and saw the tree and, well, I got excited!
Hope everyone has a great weekend.
Love,
R & T
Monday, November 23, 2009
Dossier Submitted
I received an email from our facilitator that our dossier was submitted today as planned. She said that she should hear within 10 days if it is accepted and if it is, we should expect to travel in early February.
So..here we are waiting again. We were waiting to hear something before getting down all of the Christmas decorations because we didn't want to go all out and decorate and then be rushed to take them down if we were in the process of preparing to travel.
Looks like we can put out all of the decorations.......hopefully we will have a child by Valentines. Both of our mom's birthdays are in February, so maybe they will get a grandchild for their birthdays.
Will update as soon as we know something.
Love,
R & T
So..here we are waiting again. We were waiting to hear something before getting down all of the Christmas decorations because we didn't want to go all out and decorate and then be rushed to take them down if we were in the process of preparing to travel.
Looks like we can put out all of the decorations.......hopefully we will have a child by Valentines. Both of our mom's birthdays are in February, so maybe they will get a grandchild for their birthdays.
Will update as soon as we know something.
Love,
R & T
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)