Abi and Joseph's visas are printed and ready to be picked up tomorrow morning!!! We are so excited! Now we're frantically trying to arrange our travel plans.
We're going to Ghana and bringing home our kids this time!
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Monday, March 21, 2011
They're coming home soon!!
Finally....good news!! The interview at the embassy went well today and they took Abi and Joseph's passports. Now we just wait for an email from the embassy confirming the visas have been printed and we can travel to pick them up.
Time frame?? Maybe this Friday? Next Friday? We won't know until they tell us but it's soon!!
Time frame?? Maybe this Friday? Next Friday? We won't know until they tell us but it's soon!!
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Not Today
Well....no visas today.
There is yet another appt scheduled for Monday. We will see what happens from there.
I can't even begin to put our emotions into words so I'm not going to even try.
Keep you posted..................
There is yet another appt scheduled for Monday. We will see what happens from there.
I can't even begin to put our emotions into words so I'm not going to even try.
Keep you posted..................
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Tomorrow's Another Day
We have our follow up appointment at the embassy tomorrow. Our POA Muna will go for us. We are so anxious! This has been one LONG week waiting for this appointment. We really hope tomorrow we have a date for the visas and can make travel plans. FINALLY!!
We have done everything we can possibly think of to prepare for Abi and Joseph's arrival. We feel very ready.....or atleast as ready as we can be.
We'll keep you posted!
We have done everything we can possibly think of to prepare for Abi and Joseph's arrival. We feel very ready.....or atleast as ready as we can be.
We'll keep you posted!
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Ways To Help In Ghana
Hi Everyone,
Our agency Adoption Advocates International (AAI) does some great humanitarian work in Ghana. AAI supports Ghana'’s children and families in a number of ways. A significant portion of adoption fees go directly to provide humanitarian support. Primarily, donations are made to NGOs who focus on orphan care and family preservation. However, the funds available from adoption fees only go so far and the need is much greater than available resources.
Below are some active projects AAI is currently working on. The first one (Family Preservations Sponsorships) is AAI's current greatest need. Without some sponsorships there are approximately 15 children that AAI currently helps that will lose that assistance. However, all the projects are extremely worthwhile!
Family Preservation Sponsorships: For $35 a month you can sponsor a vulnerable child to go to school and receive lunch each day. These are children who are still living with their families, in part, because we are able to help with education. Alternatively, you can sponsor a vulnerable family by giving a food donation each month. This is a bundle of basic foods (oil, rice, beans) that will help the family fill the gap in their nutritional needs. Again, this food may literally be the difference in a child staying with their family or being put into alternative care. Currently there are FIFTEEN children ages 4-15 years who desperately need sponsors for their education. AAI is unable to continue meeting these needs without individual sponsors. Please email anita@adoptionadvocates.org to choose a child or family to sponsor. You can set up ongoing monthly sponsorship through the AAI website. This is our greatest current need!
Survival Paks: The Ripley Foundation is collecting "Survival Paks" for women and children living on the street or in the marketplace. These are 2-gallon ziploc bags that contain essentials like soap, 2-yard cloth, flashlight and batteries, protein bars, and socks. Please consider putting together 2-5 bags to deliver when you travel to Ghana, or being willing to carry over bags that others have put together.
Diapers and Wipes: Although we rarely have infants available in our adoption program, there are children in care of foster homes or birth families who are in need of diapers and wipes. Please consider donating disposable diapers in sizes 2, 3, and 4. The Ripley Foundation will distribute them to children as there is a need.
Nyame Dua Boys' Dorm: Nyame Dua Foster Home cares for six teenage boys who are not able to be adopted. These boys are currently living in a wooden structure outside of the main house. This structure is literally falling apart as termites eat away the wood. We are currently fundraising to rebuild the structure with wood and concrete, including running water and electricity. The total estimated cost is $5000. We still need about $3000 in order to meet the financial goal and begin construction. This Boys' Dorm will provide a solid long-term home for these young men as they complete their teen years and enter into adulthood. Donations can be made to "Ghana: Boys' Dorm" on the AAI website.
Food: Sometimes this need is overlooked, but there is always a need for a simple donation of food! Each month we give several hundred cedis worth of food to a handful of orphanages and foster homes in Ghana. We do not give cash, but an actual food donation. At the top of this email you can see this months' food donation to Nyame Dua. Food donations can be made in any amount. Just designate "Ghana: Food Project" on the AAI website. Every dollar received is directly added to what AAI already gives each month. With the rising cost of food in Ghana the homes have a greater need than ever.
Our agency Adoption Advocates International (AAI) does some great humanitarian work in Ghana. AAI supports Ghana'’s children and families in a number of ways. A significant portion of adoption fees go directly to provide humanitarian support. Primarily, donations are made to NGOs who focus on orphan care and family preservation. However, the funds available from adoption fees only go so far and the need is much greater than available resources.
Below are some active projects AAI is currently working on. The first one (Family Preservations Sponsorships) is AAI's current greatest need. Without some sponsorships there are approximately 15 children that AAI currently helps that will lose that assistance. However, all the projects are extremely worthwhile!
Family Preservation Sponsorships: For $35 a month you can sponsor a vulnerable child to go to school and receive lunch each day. These are children who are still living with their families, in part, because we are able to help with education. Alternatively, you can sponsor a vulnerable family by giving a food donation each month. This is a bundle of basic foods (oil, rice, beans) that will help the family fill the gap in their nutritional needs. Again, this food may literally be the difference in a child staying with their family or being put into alternative care. Currently there are FIFTEEN children ages 4-15 years who desperately need sponsors for their education. AAI is unable to continue meeting these needs without individual sponsors. Please email anita@adoptionadvocates.org to choose a child or family to sponsor. You can set up ongoing monthly sponsorship through the AAI website. This is our greatest current need!
Survival Paks: The Ripley Foundation is collecting "Survival Paks" for women and children living on the street or in the marketplace. These are 2-gallon ziploc bags that contain essentials like soap, 2-yard cloth, flashlight and batteries, protein bars, and socks. Please consider putting together 2-5 bags to deliver when you travel to Ghana, or being willing to carry over bags that others have put together.
Diapers and Wipes: Although we rarely have infants available in our adoption program, there are children in care of foster homes or birth families who are in need of diapers and wipes. Please consider donating disposable diapers in sizes 2, 3, and 4. The Ripley Foundation will distribute them to children as there is a need.
Nyame Dua Boys' Dorm: Nyame Dua Foster Home cares for six teenage boys who are not able to be adopted. These boys are currently living in a wooden structure outside of the main house. This structure is literally falling apart as termites eat away the wood. We are currently fundraising to rebuild the structure with wood and concrete, including running water and electricity. The total estimated cost is $5000. We still need about $3000 in order to meet the financial goal and begin construction. This Boys' Dorm will provide a solid long-term home for these young men as they complete their teen years and enter into adulthood. Donations can be made to "Ghana: Boys' Dorm" on the AAI website.
Food: Sometimes this need is overlooked, but there is always a need for a simple donation of food! Each month we give several hundred cedis worth of food to a handful of orphanages and foster homes in Ghana. We do not give cash, but an actual food donation. At the top of this email you can see this months' food donation to Nyame Dua. Food donations can be made in any amount. Just designate "Ghana: Food Project" on the AAI website. Every dollar received is directly added to what AAI already gives each month. With the rising cost of food in Ghana the homes have a greater need than ever.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
A Delay
So frustrating to have to say we are having another delay. The embassy lost our original signed Power of Attorney so they would not take the kids' passports today in order to issue the visas. There is another appointment scheduled for next Wednesday March 16th. I should have known the visa process was going too smoothly.
On the positive side next Wednesday our POA will take another original POA to them and they have said they WILL take the passports. We are really hopeful we will have a date for their visas at next Wednesdays appt.
It's just really hard to wait yet another week to find out.
Trying to hang in there......
On the positive side next Wednesday our POA will take another original POA to them and they have said they WILL take the passports. We are really hopeful we will have a date for their visas at next Wednesdays appt.
It's just really hard to wait yet another week to find out.
Trying to hang in there......
Friday, March 4, 2011
Visa Exit Interview
Our visa exit interview for our kids is this coming Tuesday March 8th at 7:30 AM!! Please send all your positive thoughts and prayers their way! It will be a very long day for our POA and the kids. We are hoping for a date to pick up their visas so we can make travel arrangements. We are so close!!
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