This past Friday we received news that we had gotten our Article 5 / US Embassy approvals and our file was submitted to the MOJ (Ministry of Justice in Bulgaria) as of last week. It takes an average of 4 weeks for MOJ approval and then our file goes to court (2 weeks) and when we get the court approval we wait for the court decree to be printed (2 weeks). Once we have all our approvals, we will get a travel date and the FINAL COUNTDOWN begins! If all goes accordingly, we could travel in August to bring the boys home to Michigan. We absolutely cannot wait to get back there and see their sweet faces. They are so much more than we could have asked for or imagined. Thank you Jesus!
We also received news that we were approved for a grant from Brittany's Hope. It is a matching grant so we need to raise $3000 for BH (before we travel) and then they will send our agency $6000 to cover the rest of the fees and travel. So, deep breath, and off we go on the fundraising trail again. We are planning two "events", if you will. Our first is a garage/furniture sale June 7-8, which we will shamelessly promote as an adoption fundraiser in hopes that folks will come spend crazy amounts of money on things they don't need. We have had some generous furniture donations already to add to what we are selling, so we are hopeful that we will make good progress toward our goal. Our location is not the greatest, so lots of praying that the advertising and Jesus will bring folks to our door.
Our other fundraiser will be using www.32auctions.com. We can list up to 20 auction items at no charge to us. The site allows us to set a "Buy It Now"price or a beginning bid and a length for the auction. We are seeking donated items or services to help us fill out the auction. If you are an artist and would like to donate an item, we can also link to your website. Some items we have seen on these auction sites include paintings, wooden bowls, cooking/baking services, cabins/condos for a weekend use, quilts, fishing trips, music lessons, babysitting, etc. So put your thinking caps on and get creative...with your help we can raise the $3000 to bring T and P home!
