THANK YOU'S

This posting will be continiually updated as time goes on. So don't freak out if you don't see your name, this is a work in progress!

You are all our hero's. We wouldn't even be embarking on this journey without the support and encouragement of our friends and family. I don't think there is any way to thank you for all you have done and continue to do.

Moms & Dads - Pat & John, Tom & Jan
Thanks for never pushing and always supporting. And thanks for your genuine excitement and enthusiasum.

Grandmas & Grandpas - Albert & Del, Pat & Spike
Thank you for being even more anxious for our baby to come home than we are!

Sisters & Brothers - Chad, Tina, Alisha, Jerod, Delacey
Thank you in advance for answering all of the midnight phone calls of "what do we do now???!!!" Hopefully not too many:-)

Vicky - Thank you from the bottom of my heart for praying me through this. You are the older, wiser sister I never had. Thank you for showing me how to lay it all down for the Lord.

Mark & Tanya - Thank you for sharing your family with us. Spending time with your children helped us to open up our hearts to the possibility of having our own.

Tracy & Jason - Thank you for your big hearts and wonderful smiles - you have been nothing but encouraging from the very beginning.

Jon & Jean
John, Jo, Christopher & Jennifer
5th Ave United Methodist Church
Roy & Kari
Janet & Steve
Jerry & Shelia - Our notary extroirdinaire!!
Alma & Baiz - Yesterday's Pub and Grill
Georgia - Georgia's Bridal
Emily
Ellen
Amy & Gary
Cyndy Beecroft - Celtic Crossroads Cafe
Terri
Wanda
Pat & Barney
Dale & Barb
Peggy
Betsy & Doug
Linda
Dex & Margie
Tony & Peg
Bruce & Bonnie
Michelle & Dave
Kris Steinbach
Dianna & Mike (Norsk Winds)
Mayville Auxiliary

Plain Old Elbow Grease

If you want to help with the adoption but can't offer financial help we have oodles of other things we need help with around home/shop. Here is a list of things we need to get done before baby comes home (I'm telling you, this feels rather like actually being pregnant):

Replace stair treads and risers - paint all
Finish repairing/replacing stair banister
Replace Apartment door
Replace flooring in our bedroom
Build and paint heat register covers ( Mike has started and they look great!)
Fix/repair back patio
Seal coat cinderblock addition of the building
Replace sofit/fascia on bedroom
Put up rain gutters
Gut back room downstairs, insulate, get heat functioning
Replace front door of shop
Paint backroom downstairs
Paint entire outside of building
Finish painting building trim
Trim windows(12), doors(3)

O.k. - that's enough for now, I'm making myself sick thinking about all of this. Thank goodness Mike will have the option to take some time off this summer. Some of this stuff is pure labor, some things, like the trim work, we will only be able to do a little at time as we have the money (which at this point could be never, ever). I haven't even gotten to the part about setting up cribs, changing tables, blah, blah, blah.......Anybody what to sign us up for Extreme Home Makeover?!?!

Jennifer

Monetary Breakdown/Timeline

Agency Application Fee -----------------$150.00---------PAID
First Agency Fee------------------------$1950.00--------CHURCH LOAN
Homestudy Application------------------$300.00---------PAID
1st Homestudy Payment-----------------$900.00---------PAID
Certified Birth Certificates----------------$76.00----------PAID
Certified Marriage Certificate-------------$18.00----------PAID
2nd Homestudy Payment----------------$900.00---------COVERED - not paid yet
Fingerprinting---------------------------$685.00---------Mostly covered
Dossier preparation----------------------$450.00
Second Agency Fee----------------------$2300.00
China Center of Adoption Affairs---------$610.00

Dossier submitted for translation/sent to China

WAIT FOR CHILD MATCH - 8 to 10 months

Post Placement Deposit------------------$500.00---------Refunded after completion
Visas to enter China----------------------$160.00
Domestic and International airfare-------$900-1600/person
Child's return ticket----------------------$ ?
In China Travel/accommodations--------$1700.00
China's Adoption Registration------------$400-800 CASH
Child's Passport--------------------------$100-150 CASH
Orphanage Fee---------------------------$3000.00 CASH
Food-------------------------------------$600-800.00
Child's physical/photo (in China)---------$70.00 CASH
Child's U.S. entry visa--------------------$380.00 CASH
Post Placement --------------------------$800.00

Grand Total: $16,955 - $18,305
(my addition might be off, I did it by hand)