Thanks so much for ALL of your patience while waiting for our little updates on the blog! Life has been busy over here in the Mercer household. Drew and I have been spending our time in a TON of different places:
-He runs/I rollerblade alongside him
-Tennis :)
-Dog Walks
-Church
-Small Group
-Friend Outings= Bdays, Movies, Dinners, Coffees
-Document Tracking
-Drew's classes with his MBA
-Menu Planning/Grocery Shopping
-House Cleaning/Reorganizing :)
However, there are a few little updates we'd like to communicate!
Our final home study was sent in for our state certification to adopt! Woot Woot!
(Refresher: After getting our certificate of the home study, we'll submit that certificate as well as our application to the nation/immigration services, then after we receive the immigration certification, we'll submit our home study certification, our nation/immigration certification to Africa along with a booty-load of other notarized docs that we're still in the process of compiling)
Oh, and our final request? Siblings 0-3! Ha! We were not anticipating that...however when our case worker was reviewing our paperwork she was like, "I just want to clarify...you're requesting siblings 0-3, and if siblings are not available, then a 0-3 male" Drew and I just looked at each other and replied quickly, "yup." We didn't know how that extra request for another little person got in there OR the extra ages...however, once she said it we smiled so big we couldn't help but agree...
So, in summary- State certification is almost complete, and, it's likely we'll be taking two little persons home from Africa...
Ohhhh to dream. Still seems SO far away! But, we know our God is in this.
And updates on fundraising? Well, we are SO blessed to say that we hit 160 puzzle pieces= $8,000. Wowzas. We're still sooooooo humbled by this...We've still got 340 puzzle pieces to go! Woop Woop! :)
Thanks for all of your support guys, we sure are appreciative!
XOXO,
Drew & Teagan
