Hi Family and Friends! We hope this holiday season finds everyone doing well. Looking back, both Brian and I are very thankful we got through our busy time of paperwork before the holidays started. It has been nice to not have to worry about tracking things down here and there. We did get an update from Jackie, the head of the agency we are working with: International Children Foundation (ICF). She was the one we sent all of the paperwork to and she passed it on to Pierre, the lawyer in Burundi. We heard from Pierre that he has finished translated everything and he should be picking it up at the notary in Burundi today, and he will deliver it to the Central Authority on Monday. Once that happens, we will be eligible to be matched with a child. Of course, the wait time from there is very unknown. The Central Authority has to have a specific meeting to match waiting families with children, and we could go through multiple meetings without being matched. The regularity with which they meet is pretty up in the air as well. There is supposedly one coming up, and there was on back in the summer (June I believe). While we are anxious to be matched, we also believe that all will happen in God's perfect time! Our biggest fear is the transition of our new child into our already hectic family, so we believe that when God has all of our hearts and minds ready (especially Skylar, Emory, and Colton), we will be matched :)
We also just wanted to give an additional thank you to everyone who has donated to support our adoption. So far, we have raised almost $15,000 dollars. You have no idea what a blessing this is to us! The financial burden of international adoptions was our biggest hurdle to starting this process, and we trust that God will continue to bless our finances as we prepare to bring a new child into our family. Please know we couldn't do it with out your support, so thank you so much for being a part of our story.
If you are still interested in making a tax deductible donation, please check out our Adoption Fundraiser Page at www.adopttogether.org/baucherfamily
We will continue to post updates and share news as we have it! Thank you all again and Merry Christmas!!
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