A wonderful Gift... Our PA

What a wonderful Christmas Gift! We finally got our Pre Approval today! We have until March 23rd to get our paperwork to China and then they will do a final review (i think i have that info. correct:))

Isn't she just precious!!! Hayleigh asks EVERYDAY if we are getting Maylynn today... She is really excited to be getting a sister:)

A quick update...

1. We are still waiting for our fingerprint approval from USCIS - it should be here before Dec. 25th... We'll see:)
2. We have gone ahead and are trying to get some out of state documents certified and authenticated - i hope to have that completed by next week.
3. We signed and returned to our agency the "official" Letter of Intent.
4. We are waiting to hear if we've recieved our pre-approval from CCAA to adopt Maylynn - once we have, i think i can post a pic and send her a package:)
5. We are trying to sell our travel trailer to use the equity for the adoption.
5. We just found out the CCAA is raising the orphanage fee by $2000 dollars - big bummer! Not too sure how that's going to affect us yet... i guess the equity in the trailer will be a "wash"... Oh well.

We are hoping to bring her home in April or May - we'll see what God has planned though:)

Introducing our new daughter!

God is so amazing! And His Timing is not always our Timing:):) - Boy, we sure weren't expecting to get a referral already but we are really excited and can't wait to bring our new daughter home! She is perfect! It is so cool to look back to see how He has had her planned for us... Beginning with Kay and not being able to adopt her because our paperwork wasn't ready in time and putting adoption on our hearts again - then going to China and falling in love with some children only to find out that they were already matched or had severe special needs - then coming home and being matched with a daughter which has all of the things that I had been praying for: age, special need, and in a foster home - God is soooo Good! With getting a referral so soon - it was also very cool to see how the Holy Spirit spoke to both Lance and myself separately (he was in Seattle this weekend - which is also cool b/c i was supposed to be with him but b/c we just got a puppy - i stayed home to puppy sit and in turn was able to get the email referral!!) We are really excited to be on this adoption journey again and to see God's hand at work.



So.... Here she is! Due to CCAA regulations we can not give specific details that may identify her - if you would like to know more, you can email me directly (kirstvick@hotmail.com) and i can try to let you know more:)

Her chinese name means pure and peace as water. She was born in April 2007 and was abandoned at the gate the hospital. She has been fostered by a family since July 2007. She had surgery to repair her cleft palate in April 2008. Her report looks like she is developing very normally and will fit in perfectly with our family. We feel so blessed and can't wait to bring her home.



We are praying about a name for her... we are thinking that it may be Maylin R.......(chinese name) Vickerman (it fits with the name pattern that we have for the other kiddos: Taylor Ryen, Brayden Reade, Hayleigh Rae Fukai- it's neat that her chinese name starts with an "R" and fits the pattern already - we may also add an american middle name - not sure though...)

In the next few weeks we should be able to put a picture up.

We are hoping to get our fingerprint approvals in the next few weeks and then we can get our dossier certified and authenticated... Then we wait for Travel approval etc.. etc... It could be sometime this spring when I/we travel:)

Kay's Orphanage is coming to get her...

On Friday, we also found out from Harmony Outreach that Kay's orphanage (where she was originally placed in) will be picking her up on Oct. 27th to take her back there so she can be adopted to her family on Nov. 10th. Harmony tried really hard to talk them into waiting until after i came but they insisted on the 27th.

At first i was really sad - i am still dissappointed that i will never be able to meet the precious little girl that we wanted and tried to adopt into our family. We know now that God used her to get us to this place in our lives - for us to adopt again. To trust Him and to have faith that His plan will be revealed soon.

After praying about not meeting her, i have come to realize that the Lord doesn't want me to be distracted while i am on this journey. He has waited 3 years to send me on this trip. He wants me to be able to focus on the work that He has planned for me and to be able to do it whole heartedly. ----- I do have a friend here that happens to be adopting from the same agency as Kay's family and will more than likely be meeting up with her and her family at the White Swan. So, i am praying that they will be able to meet and give Kay's family our contact information:)

Kay's Adoption Day is Nov.10th

Oh my, my, my... I am so glad to find out that Kay will still be at Harmony when i'm there in 10 days!!. However, I just found out that Kay will be adopted to her new family too, while i am there on Nov. 10th. I am so, so, very happy for her. Even though it will probably be very hard on my heart, i really would like to be there when she meets her new family. Please pray with me if this is God's will. I would love to meet her new family.
Also, i am trying to think of a simple meaningful gift for her and her new family. I know that i've never actually met her in person, but i do feel that she has been in our family for the past year as we have sponsored her, prayed for her and have tried to adopt her. So, if you have any ideas - please let me know ASAP!! :):)

Fingerprints!

Saturday, October 18, 2008

Fingerprints!!On Tues. Oct. 14th, Lance and i headed to Yakima for our 8am appt. to do our I800 USCIS fingerprints. They have come along way in the past 4 yrs! Now it's all computerized - no inky mess! The people were very friendly despite the intimidating entrance - Before you could even walk into the building a guard came out to check our appt. letter and then made us turn off our cell phone before we could enter and walk through the metal detector. After that, it was all smiles and very friendly people:) I'm feeling like we need to maybe start a blog for our next daughter and how our journey began for her - but that will have to wait until a later date!! :)

Happy Birthday Kay...

Thursday, October 09, 2008

Kay
On Monday, it was Kay's birthday (same as mine:)). We had sent her a package of birthday presents a few weeks ago. Harmony Outreach is so sweet, they sent us some pictures of her opening her presents and celebrating her birthday. They also sent a picture of her family that will be adopting her. It is a couple from Iowa. I still havent' found out if she will be there while i am there in a few weeks...