Oh! My! Goodness!!!!

I could REALLY be in Ghana next month! I wrote to DHS in Ghana last week to see if they would let me submit our I-600 even if I don't have I-600a approval yet (knowing they can't approve until I have my I-600a). I honestly didn't know if I would hear back from them. But this morning they wrote back and said YES!!! I can go to Ghana and file our I-600 even if the I-600a isn't approved yet!!!!!!!

I don't know if it is because of Kendi's special needs, or because they know me, or if they would allow any family to do that. ??? But I'm so thankful!!!

At this point it's looking more and more like I will get to see my baby next month, while traveling to escort two other kiddos home. I guess this is the part where my position with AAI definitely benefits me. And honestly, I am going to write to Muna and Joha and ask them to really push getting the adoption finalized so that we have the adoption decree when I get there. Otherwise, I won't be able to file the I-600. I will NOT delay these kids coming home just so I can do our I-600. I couldn't live with myself for doing that. So the timing will have to work out on my end.

Please pray with me that our adoption can be completed very quickly in Ghana (dossier arrives tomorrow). And please pray with me that the finances work out! I won't have to worry about travel expenses, but we still owe AAI $2500 of our Ghana fee and that is due before I leave!

I am filling out grant apps like a crazy woman, but all of them seem to take quite a while to be funded. No wonder I hear about grants being funded AFTER the child is home (a lot)! I keep going through all of our relatives in my head, wondering who might have the money to make a $5500 loan to us until the Adoption Tax Credit comes in. But alas...no relatives come to mind. Oh well. God has a plan and HE will be glorified in how it works out!