USCIS here we come!!!

OK so we finally got it in the mail, overnighted to receive by 10am!!! Step 1 complete... here goes step 2!

Step 1: Home study
Step 2: USCIS approval
Step 3: Dossier submission
Step 4: Travel to country to adopt Peyton- Country Approval
Step 5: Bring Peyton Home!

We were hoping this step would only be like 6 wks, but we have heard that USCIS currently has a 2 MONTH BACKLOG!!! Blah!!! So who knows what will happen. Pray that they get us in the system fast to get fingerprints and a case worker ASAP. We have requested an expedited approval due to the country's possible changes which I mentioned previously... More info on that has recently come out as well... The country is still accepting things as normal until mid June. Then at that point it is not clear if they will shut things down for a while or not. Nothing may happen or closing may happen, who knows. Which means if we don't get USCIS approval fast enough to get our dossier finished and shipped, translated, and submitted by mid June, we might not be getting Peyton anytime soon!!! Please pray for a quick approval and for no closure of adoptions in his country!!! I had mapped out our timeline and it looked like we might be able to submit by June 8th, but this is if USCIS does it's thing within 6 wks time.

We have Peyton's orphanage address now and we have been given permission to send him a package. They did not give any rules as to what we could send or not (besides perishables of course). So we are thinking of what to put in there and will try to get that shipped off soon so that he knows we are trying to get there and to give him some hope of that!

Thanks for your continued prayers and support!

Yard Sale #1 done

Hello everyone! This morning we had our first yard sale. We will be needing to do another one. This past week was just really crazy and we didn't have the ability to get everything as ready as we had hoped and did not advertise much. Some friends who were donating items also got caught up this week with different things and we were running out of room in our garage for things, so we still have that stuff to get from all them to sell. My toddler was also sick all week and needing special attn today. Also, the weather yesterday and today was cold and rainy. We still had the sale, since it was only 10-20% chance today, but of course it rained off and on all morning and it was like 40-50 degrees out!!! It hampered the sale a little, but we still had a decent turn out considering everything... and we made $400!

We still have a garage FULL of stuff and will be getting that other stuff from friends soon as well, so we will be having another sale... Maybe in a couple weeks, otherwise sometime in May or June.

Thanks to all who helped us out, donated to us, or bought things. We are very appreciative!

Photo Package Give Away!

Enter a Photo Package Give Away!!!

To Help Raise Funds To Bring Home PEYTON!

Winner will get:
photo session
photo CD
20 photo cards & envelopes
photo candle
one 8x10
two 5x7's
four 4x6's
(this package is a $150 value- courtesy of Christensen Photography)

$5 per entry- Winner will be drawn on April 30th
enter as many times as you want!!!

Please use the RR Grant Fund on the sidebar of the website when you donate. Then, let me know you donated and how much.

(Photographer will not travel out of the area. If you are out of the area and you want to participate, you must come to the Nashville area to have your pics taken.)

Thank you!

ok wow, we don't know who keeps putting money into Peyton's fund in amts of like $100-$300... but THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! We are also thankful for any other amount anyone else is donating!!! We are humbled to see God move!

The Wilsons

T-Shirts

Ok everyone, here is the shirt design we came up with. We are having them made now.





If you would like to pre-order, let us know. The shirts are $15. There is a special Chip-in to pay for the shirt if you are out of town and will not be able to pick up from us (see the side bar of website). Please include $3 for shipping if you need it mailed to you. Also, message me and make sure to tell me what size you will need and that you ordered and where to send it. Thank you! We might find a better way to do this, but for now this is what I have set up. Thanks again!

Chrissy

Almost Ready

OK, here is an update...

Erick got a letter from his company and they gave the info they agree to give and then wrote a statement saying that it is company policy not to give any more info than that. His boss did some research and found that others have done this and it worked. So hopefully that will fly with the country! Pray!

We have received all docs needed for our HS and will be getting the last couple notarized this weekend. The might be an issue with the bank form getting notarized, so pray that it all works out. Then, the SW should have them all in hand Mon to finish report and we should have the completed HS in our hands sometime next week!!! Then off to USCIS it will go as long as everything is correct and needs no changes! Pray!

Fundraiser options

Hello everyone, here are some of the things we have going now to fundraise. Please share with your friends and family.

1. My Mother in law is giving 10% of her Mary Kay sales from the month of April to our adoption. Contact Lana Wilson Sr. Director, Mary Kay Cosmetics Inc
281-703-2383 cell contact
832-595-1500 home office
www.marykay.com/lwilson4

2. My friend Kathy is giving some of the percentage of sales to our adoption as well from Arbonne International
www.arbonne.com
kathywiehl@gmail.com

3. We still have our Just Love Coffee account- we get $5 for every purchase.
http://www.justlovecoffee.com/WilsonFamilyTN

4. We are always taking donations into our chipin located on the side of the page.

5. We are in the process of making adoption shirts to sell. Info coming soon. Let us know if you would like to order one.

6. We are working on another give-away. Stay tuned!

7. We have a yard sale coming up on April 16th

8. I am going to book a scentsy party in which we will get some profits from, so stay tuned for that too

9. A guy named Jay is raising money for Peyton by his weight loss adventure. Pledge to him and Peyton gets funds! http://jaywalkingwithgod.blogspot.com/