We're excited to report that our offer was accepted for a house in Texas. We will be living in a town south of Arlington called Mansfield. We aren't closing until the end of July and still have our fingers crossed that our house will sell soon. The family that looked at it twice last week decided to go with another home, but we had another showing on Sunday and another one scheduled for tomorrow morning. We've had quite a few people look at it and hope the right buyers come along soon.
In the mean time, we have started an adoption fundraiser. With adoption costs well over $30K we need all the help we can get. We've done a good job budgeting and saving for this adoption. However, with the relocation we've encountered some unexpected expenses that have caused us to dip into our adoption fund. We will have to have our home study redone as well as some additional documents, which of course means more money.
We are so thankful for our friend and neighbor, Amy Payne, who has graciously offerred to host a fundraiser through direct sales company, Clever Container. I chose this company for a fundraiser because they sell items that are useful and practical! A portion of every sale will be donated to our fund from Clever Container and Amy is generously donating a portion of her profits as well. You can access a catalog online at http://www.clevercontainer.com/amypayne Orders can be emailed/texted to me. If you live out of town you can place an order online; just make sure you choose Duvall Party when you're shopping. Online orders will ship directly to the you, otherwise they will be shipped to me and I will deliver everything. For those who would like to contribute monetarily, I've added a "Donate" button to our blog.
Please don't feel obligated in anyway to donate or purchase something. Many of you have asked how you can help and this is one way that will help us out tremendously. We still are waiting to be matched with a baby boy and that call could come any day now, but until then we are faithfully waiting. Things are slowing down in terms of children being matched with families. The main reason for the slow down is that the Korean government is trying to catch up with the back log of cases that have resulted in the long wait times between being matched and final travel. When we started the process there were 18+ months of wait time to travel to bring our child home. They are currently down to 15-18 months and I hope they continue to decrease. Waiting up front is easier then waiting to travel - it's so hard to see your child's picture and wait over a year to bring him home!
Thank you for your support and we'll continue to keep you all updated!
David & Amanda
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