DTC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yay, we are DTC!!!!!!! That means Dossier to China! We received notice on Friday, July 17 that our dossier had been authenticated in Washington DC and that it was being sent to China that same day! What this means is that our paperwork now goes through several steps in China to be approved, then we will get our LOA (letter of acceptance). This will all take probably 3 months, so now more waiting. But each step we can check off the list means we are one step closer to bringing Sydney home! Please continue to pray for Sydney and for our family. We appreciate all the prayers and support from each of you.

Fundraiser Party

On Saturday, July 11, we had a fundraiser/birthday celebration for Sydney. She turned 5 on July 6, so we wanted to celebrate even though she couldn't be with us. We thought what better way to celebrate her than to get together with family and friends! We had homemade cupcakes made by myself, my sister Michele and sister-in-law Melody. We had crafts for the kids and had lots of information about Sydney, our adoption journey and our finances related to the adoption. We were able to raise $822 between Saturday at the party and Sunday morning at church! We want to thank all of you who contributed and also to thank those that have been praying and are continuing to pray for Sydney and our family. We wanted to share some pictures of our celebration on Saturday...

Carter Family

Cousins

Family!

Grandma, Grandpa and Uncle Aaron

 

Aunt Michele helping the kids with crafts

Cousins Maycee & Emma

Cousins Nyah & Brayden

Uncle Eric aka Uncle Cheeseball

Cousin Baylee with Grace

Cousin Maycee

Uncle Cheeseball!

Big sister Grace

Big sister Grace

Cousin Brayden

Cousin Nyah

Cousin Cietera

Maycee & Grace with Uncle Cheeseball!

Grandpa Michael doing crafts!

Grandma Glenda coloring her craft!

Great grandma Ruth and Great Aunt Kathy

Happy Birthday Sydney!

Sydney,

Happy birthday sweet girl, I can't believe you are 5 years old already! I wish so much that we could celebrate with you and spoil you today.  I absolutely cannot wait to meet you and get to know you. You have already stolen our hearts and we love you so much! You are already such a part of our lives and we thank God for the opportunity to be your family. Just know that we pray for you daily and think about you all the time. Don't worry, we will be there soon!

Love,
Mommy & Daddy

Answered prayer and new pics!

We have been waiting to hear from some grants we applied for and we heard last week that we were awarded a $5000 grant! This is such an answer to prayer!

Also, we are happy to say that we have new pictures of Sydney! She is so precious and I cannot wait to be able to hug her and let her know that she is ours forever! Here are the new pics of our special girl...

Please continue to pray for us as we continue this journey to bring home our little girl. Pray for wisdom and peace as we wait. Pray for Sydney's health and well-being. And also please pray for the remaining finances  needed to bring her home.

With love,
Scott & Angela