Fundraising and other updates

Well, there's not much to update on, but here are a few little things that have happened.

The big news is that China approved us to adopt Fu Ni Hua!! We're now waiting for a new acceptance letter China is sending out to say once more that we want to adopt her. We were hoping to get that before Chinese New Year -- which is this week -- but we didn't. Hopefully it will come right after the holiday. Once that goes back we just wait for our travel approval to get her.

Liya's birthday was last month -- she turned 1. It was kind of sad not being with her on her birthday, but I know that she'll be with us for all the rest of her birthdays. I went and bought her a baby doll on her birthday to celebrate.

Some of you know that we're raising money to help bring Liya home through Kingdom Kids (www.kingdomkidsadoption.org). We've raised several thousand dollars and greatly appreciate every dollar that's been given. We do still need a chunk of money to finish our adoption fees and pay for the trip to bring Liya home. If you would like to donate to our account, you can donate online or through the mail to Kingdom Kids -- just be sure to make a note that you want it to go to the Rector grant.

Hopefully we'll have more updates soon, and you can follow our trip to China on the blog!