So Blessed

Nic and I are excited to share about a letter we received today from a friend of a friend of Chami's.  Chami's friend Bethany, who she had attended school with at Ellerslie in Colorado, has a friend who recently heard of our adoption and wanted to do something to help us out.  Bethany's friend, who is originally from New Hampshire and some one we have never met, has been working to raise money for a mission trip she was planning this year.  She heard through the grapevine about our adoption and decided that she wanted to be a part in helping bring our Amira home. So along with a very nice letter was a check for $790!!!  We are truly amazed by the generosity of a person we have never met.  Furthermore, I just learned that this amazing individual is still in the process of fundraiding for her own trip. Therefore, she is giving us a gift that she could still use for her own call.  What a remarkable act of kindness. Thank you so much!! I hope some day we can meet face to face and I can thank you in person.  We are so grateful!!!  Best of luck to you on your mission trip, we will be praying for your journey as well!!

It is so unbelievable the people God has been and still is placing along our path to help us bring our daughter home.  Whether it be through donations, sharing our story, encouraging words and support, and/or sharing their story of adoption, we feel so blessed.  I want to take the time to thank all of you again, we appreciate all you have done.  :)

A little update on where we are today...after sending off our i600A, we are still waiting to hear back from Immigration.  I have been told that this process can take as little as 6 weeks to complete but this is if the government does not request additional information which can extend the process to up to 12 weeks.  We are eager to continue and complete our dossier, so we are hoping that we are on the shorter end of the spectrum but we know these things take time and just like everything else in life, this will happen all in God's time not ours.  Patience, Patience, Patience.  :)

From a fundraising standpoint...September 28 is our lasagna dinner.  It is at this event we will be sharing our testimony - what led us to adopt, the trials and tribulations - all the glory to you Lord, the process and where we stand in the process.  We also have a little something extra we will be sharing at the end of the dinner that I am very excited for. :)  The deadline to sign up for this dinner is a week from today.
We also have our orphan awareness walk October 5th at Coffee Creek in Chesterton.  If you are interested in participating in this event, please click the link below to register:

http://theorphanmission.org/W4O_-_Registration.html

Please choose that you are walking for Nic and Nicole Ayres.  :)

We want to end this tonight by again thanking everyone for their support.  We will continue to keep you updated on our dossier, fundraising events, and best of all our God Moments as they unfold before us.  God Bless and have a great week!!