Fingerprinting

The fingerprinting went really well on Wednesday! We had to go to Homeland Security in Greer, SC. The people were really nice and praised us for going through this process. Two weeks prior to getting fingerprinted we were constantly cautious of messing up our fingertips, cause one cut and they won't do it. We are thankful that there were no cuts and we finally have it done! The man said I had soft fingerprints so he did it on the computer and the old fashion way with ink pad just in case the FBI denied the computer ones. I thought that was really nice of him to go out of his way just to make sure it would be approved!
 As soon as we receive our paperwork back saying we aren't criminals then we can send in to the Secretary of State. In NC we have to send in all the paperwork for the Dossier to the state to be notarized before it can be sent in to Ethiopia. They charged $10 per sheet, so it is going to cost us about $1,000 to do that! We weren't expecting it to be that much. We are excited that we have made it this far, but all the glory to God. We can't take credit for the way God has made this possible. We know that the Lord can still close the door on the Adoption at any point, but we will continue to move forward until he does. We are currently trying to come up with new fundraiser ideas and looking for grants to apply for.