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Yes, I am going there…

If you are my friend you know this, if you are Chris’ friend and just getting to know me, you may have suspected this, but I am a complete failure at beating around the bush. I can’t do it. I don’t understand it.  It is a waste of everyone’s time. I want truth. So forgive...

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We are almost there: Notarizing

We are coming to the end of our “paper pregnancy.” We are still waiting on the official copy of our homestudy, but all of our other paperwork is collected. Chris and I have been waiting on our life insurance policies to be approved so we could get them notarized along with several other forms. Mrs....

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AWAA Website and Us!!

Our agency, America World Adoption, just completed an update to their website. They added a section with links to several families adoption blogs and we are one of those families! How cool is that?!   Apparently our little blog has sent quite a bit to traffic to their website. Below is a picture of what the...

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I600-A Orphan Petition

Our next step is a big one!! We will be submitting our I600-A. Exciting, huh? Oh, you don’t know what an I600-A is? It is our application for advance processing of orphan petition. Basically, we are asking for pre-approval to bring an “immigrant” orphaned child into the United States. With the application, we must send...

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I need Africa more than Africa needs me.

Dear Africa, I haven’t yet set my foot on your soil, but you have changed me. You have opened my eyes to my own selfishness, my self-centeredness. You have refocused my wandering path and given me a purpose. You have taught me that my needs are small, but my wants are great. I have exorbitantly...

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