Thank you to everyone who joined in fasting with me. Thank you to those who sent prayers up in my honor. Thank you to friends who sent good vibes my way. Now we wait for these to work in our favor. There really isn't anymore we can do at this point.
I continue to work on making sure I am financially ready to proceed with the finalization of the adoption, fly to Haiti and go through the courts, then bring him home. Fund raisers still in affect with me until this is complete. Just so you know, I haven't stopped talking about those, so here is your fair warning of what is to come. I may have another yard sale this year, I still have the bead bracelets I am selling (see previous post for pictures and explanation) and I have some items for a silent auction that I will be doing on facebook (once I figure out how). Please share this message with folks and spread the word that Kayleen's Kid Quest moves forward and can always use help. :-)
I guess I hoped that once my fast ended I would just have an answer pop into my head with a date that this would happen. (The only "pop" in my head was the Pepsi I chugged afterwards.) When the answer didn't magically appear, I had to stop to think about what my fasting did to help me progress in my adoption and/or my attitude towards it. It renewed my faith that what I am doing is what The Lord intended for me to do. It was Him who guided me to this path, and it is Him I need to let continue to guide me in it. I think I lost sight of that with different things that have happened in my life lately. I need to put my trust back in Him, while still doing everything I can do - physically, mentally and spiritually.
For those of you on Facebook, there is a page titled Chances for Children. This is the creche where my little guy is living. I get some of my information of the progress from this page. If you get a chance, check it out and maybe like it, so you get the "updates" as well. That being said, on June 10th, they posted the following: "We have our first two adoption files out of IBESR under the new system! Things keep inching along..." This indicates that maybe my file hasn't been put on hold. It sounds as if they, maybe, hired some new employees and are trying to put a system in place to keep things moving forward, for everyone. Please keep them in your prayers.
I will continue to try and get into mommy mode as I continue to get some of my paperwork updated for them. We continue to try and get the house ready for him as well. We are currently stumped in figuring out a new railing for the living room. We know what we want, it's how to make it a reality that is getting us. I still hesitate to buy clothes, toys and such for his room as I know there are many who would beat me alive for taking the fun away from them. His room just looks so lonely.
To all the many fans of my quest, thank you. We stay positive, we move forward. I have hope because of you.
Kayleen's Kid Quest continues....
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Friday, June 5, 2015
Where do I turn for help?
It has been a little over three years since I started on adoption journey. To be completely honest, I thought, for sure, I would have my little nugget by now. I had chosen the age and gender that was completely opposite of the popular choice for Haiti. I have to remind myself that I put this journey in The Lord's hands from the beginning, and it's time I allow let myself be calm knowing that He will bring us together at the time we both are meant to meet and fall in love.
A lot has happened in my life since I started this amazingly emotional journey. My heart, mind and soul have been taken so many different places. Places I never imagined going, yet found that I can't see my life now without having gone there. I have since met some incredible people, people that I now call friends. I have found a new depth of friendship with those I have been friends with for a while and some friends/supporters I have never met in person, yet they share the excitement with me each time I talk or chat online with them. What an amazing path I am on, what amazing people I have found to be a part of my journey and my life.
With that being said, I take you into the update you have all been asking about. Not to say it's one you want to hear, yet it's where we are in the process. Be strong my friends, it's your strength that continues to keep me mentally and emotionally moving forward in this.
I received word that a few of my documents are about to expire, which means I get to update, re-notarize and re-submit them to USCIS for an extension approval. Included in this is getting fingerprinted again (4th time), Update my employment letter, new doctors letter (should be interesting since my doctor retired in November), updated home study, bank letters, retirement documents, tax returns.
When I received the email with this information my heart sank, it felt like a weight was added on to my shoulders. "Why is this happening?", my mind shouted inside my head. Why is this taking so long? Why, when I started this journey, did I feel like it was going to just go so smoothly? Maybe because it wasn't my idea, it was a feeling placed inside my heart and I went with it. What is this journey teaching me? It's amazing what happens to ones self when you ask yourself questions like this. You begin to find the answers in those you have chosen to be around you. They give you answers to questions they didn't know you had.
When you have friends and family suggesting we do a fast to maybe help with the process, one sits up to take notice. The support I get is unbelievable. Members of my faith, members of other faiths, some who don't really have a particular faith (yet believe in a supreme being), some I don't know their beliefs at all. The one thing I do know, is that they are on my side, they are supporting me the only way they can. I have been luckier than any one else on this earth with the number of people that have come into my life as a result of this journey.
So with all of that being said, I turn to you my friends, family, distant supporters of Kayleen's Kid Quest, for help.
I am going to hold a fast 6/13 - 6/14. I would like to invite all of you to join me in this.
As I begin my fast I will be praying for those who work in the adoption process in Haiti and the USA, that their minds and hearts will be filled with the answers they need to move files forward (not just my file, but all). I will pray they will figure out a procedure that will allow files to move more swiftly and allow these waiting children to go to a loving family, a little quicker. I pray my heart, mind and soul will be comforted and find the patience I seem to have lost along the way.
I know everyone's faith is a little different so if you choose to join in the fast, you can go as long as your faith (and or body) tells you to. If you don't/can't fast, just pray. If you don't/can't pray, just send me good thoughts.
Thank you seems so small to the many who have supported me, but thank you is what I offer at this time. I may have to plan a U.S. Tour when I get him so all of you can meet what you helped my obtain.
Kayleen's Kid Quest continues.....
A lot has happened in my life since I started this amazingly emotional journey. My heart, mind and soul have been taken so many different places. Places I never imagined going, yet found that I can't see my life now without having gone there. I have since met some incredible people, people that I now call friends. I have found a new depth of friendship with those I have been friends with for a while and some friends/supporters I have never met in person, yet they share the excitement with me each time I talk or chat online with them. What an amazing path I am on, what amazing people I have found to be a part of my journey and my life.
With that being said, I take you into the update you have all been asking about. Not to say it's one you want to hear, yet it's where we are in the process. Be strong my friends, it's your strength that continues to keep me mentally and emotionally moving forward in this.
I received word that a few of my documents are about to expire, which means I get to update, re-notarize and re-submit them to USCIS for an extension approval. Included in this is getting fingerprinted again (4th time), Update my employment letter, new doctors letter (should be interesting since my doctor retired in November), updated home study, bank letters, retirement documents, tax returns.
When I received the email with this information my heart sank, it felt like a weight was added on to my shoulders. "Why is this happening?", my mind shouted inside my head. Why is this taking so long? Why, when I started this journey, did I feel like it was going to just go so smoothly? Maybe because it wasn't my idea, it was a feeling placed inside my heart and I went with it. What is this journey teaching me? It's amazing what happens to ones self when you ask yourself questions like this. You begin to find the answers in those you have chosen to be around you. They give you answers to questions they didn't know you had.
When you have friends and family suggesting we do a fast to maybe help with the process, one sits up to take notice. The support I get is unbelievable. Members of my faith, members of other faiths, some who don't really have a particular faith (yet believe in a supreme being), some I don't know their beliefs at all. The one thing I do know, is that they are on my side, they are supporting me the only way they can. I have been luckier than any one else on this earth with the number of people that have come into my life as a result of this journey.
So with all of that being said, I turn to you my friends, family, distant supporters of Kayleen's Kid Quest, for help.
I am going to hold a fast 6/13 - 6/14. I would like to invite all of you to join me in this.
As I begin my fast I will be praying for those who work in the adoption process in Haiti and the USA, that their minds and hearts will be filled with the answers they need to move files forward (not just my file, but all). I will pray they will figure out a procedure that will allow files to move more swiftly and allow these waiting children to go to a loving family, a little quicker. I pray my heart, mind and soul will be comforted and find the patience I seem to have lost along the way.
I know everyone's faith is a little different so if you choose to join in the fast, you can go as long as your faith (and or body) tells you to. If you don't/can't fast, just pray. If you don't/can't pray, just send me good thoughts.
Thank you seems so small to the many who have supported me, but thank you is what I offer at this time. I may have to plan a U.S. Tour when I get him so all of you can meet what you helped my obtain.
Kayleen's Kid Quest continues.....
Thursday, March 12, 2015
Made in Haiti
You all know I am in the process of adopting a little boy from Haiti. While going through this process many of you have seen things about Haiti that you found interesting and have shared with me. So many lives are affected by adoption and it's sad knowing that parents feel they no other choice than to give up their child because it's the "only way" of having that child get a chance at a good life.
I cannot begin to imagine what it would be like to make that decision. The raw emotions while that thought is in your mind. The numbness one might feel as they hand over their child. The emptiness that must follow them around for life. What an ordeal for anyone to have to go through.
Mary Walton told my mom about this program in Haiti that has people making jewelry out of cereal boxes to help them support their families and giving them a chance to keep their kids and make a life for them. Well, of course, I looked into that (Any program that makes jewelry out of CEREAL BOXES has to be pretty dang cool).
It is called The Apparent Project. It is an initiative designed to enable parents to provide for their children, to help prevent child relinquishment and abandonment. People donate cereal boxes, cracker boxes, soda boxes, etc and they turn them into beads, then into bracelets, necklaces, key chains, etc. Then they attach a little paper with their picture and story and send them to whoever wants to sell them as a fundraiser.
The money they make from the sale of these bracelets goes directly to the artisan who made it. They have a certain percentage they are required to put into savings and then the rest is used to take care of their families. What an amazing mission this is. I am happy to be a part of it.
That being said. I have over 100 bracelets I am selling for them. There cost is $10 each and I would love to help these incredible people save their families. I want parents in Haiti to be able to keep their kids so they grow up knowing who they truly are and that they have parents who worked hard to keep them.
I have posted some pictures so you can get an idea of what they look like. Please message me if you are interested in supporting me and this cause. (A portion of all sales does go directly towards my adoption fund as well). Will you help me and help keep some families together?
I cannot begin to imagine what it would be like to make that decision. The raw emotions while that thought is in your mind. The numbness one might feel as they hand over their child. The emptiness that must follow them around for life. What an ordeal for anyone to have to go through.
Mary Walton told my mom about this program in Haiti that has people making jewelry out of cereal boxes to help them support their families and giving them a chance to keep their kids and make a life for them. Well, of course, I looked into that (Any program that makes jewelry out of CEREAL BOXES has to be pretty dang cool).
It is called The Apparent Project. It is an initiative designed to enable parents to provide for their children, to help prevent child relinquishment and abandonment. People donate cereal boxes, cracker boxes, soda boxes, etc and they turn them into beads, then into bracelets, necklaces, key chains, etc. Then they attach a little paper with their picture and story and send them to whoever wants to sell them as a fundraiser.
The money they make from the sale of these bracelets goes directly to the artisan who made it. They have a certain percentage they are required to put into savings and then the rest is used to take care of their families. What an amazing mission this is. I am happy to be a part of it.
That being said. I have over 100 bracelets I am selling for them. There cost is $10 each and I would love to help these incredible people save their families. I want parents in Haiti to be able to keep their kids so they grow up knowing who they truly are and that they have parents who worked hard to keep them.
I have posted some pictures so you can get an idea of what they look like. Please message me if you are interested in supporting me and this cause. (A portion of all sales does go directly towards my adoption fund as well). Will you help me and help keep some families together?
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| Apparent Project Brochure |
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| Apparent Project Mission |
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Insert HEAVY sigh here
With hope in my heart at the beginning of this year I was excited to think this was going to happen soon. Then, this morning, I received this email........
Dear families,
We hope you had a nice holiday season.
We received some rather unpleasant news right before the Christmas holiday. Although we have active cases in Haiti and no irregular cases or complaints in Haiti, our agency did not appear on the approved agency list issued by IBESR. We feel that this was an oversight.
Our Haitian representative has been to IBESR several times since then and because of the holiday and vacations, no one of any authority has been there who could help. We are requesting the first available appointment with Mme.Villedrouin and someone from CHI will be traveling as soon as that is granted.
We don't think this will have an immediate effect on families in the process due to the slow nature of IBESR. We hope to have this resolved very soon and will let you know as soon as we have more information.
Take care,
Kathy
Makes for a heartbreaking start to my day. I am not sure where I am (with the process) at the moment, but I continue to wait and pray that things happen in the time they are supposed to for me and my little nugget. Prayers welcome.
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