HERE IS THE SCOOP ON UGANDA

The following will reflect my personal opinion and personal experience with our Ugandan Adoption thru Amani Baby Cottage in Jinja ...

You can google Amani Baby Cottage and contact Mary for an application. Amani has an office in Texas and all information will come from there. I ask you to be patient because Mary is only one woman (who loves the children of Uganda very much) and she works very hard.

1. Fill out application and wait for approval (along w/ $50)

2. Once approved you begin your homestudy (if you are from TN I highly recommend Lisa Mosley with Adoption Assistance ... lisa@adoptionassistance ...

3. You wait for your referral ... There is no timeframe on this, so again you will need patience and prayer.

4. Once you get your referral you will be sent custody papers for your child. You will need to complete these papers and send $2500 along with it.

5. Next comes waiting for your affidavit of your child. Once you fill this out you Federal Express it back and wait for a court date ... Once you have a court date then you must send another $2500 before you travel ... Amani has a check list they will send you of things to bring to Uganda with you as far as papers go and other items.

Our experience with Amani has been a blessing and we highly recommend this amazing organization. I would caution you, if this is your first adoption to not get to attached to any certain time frames or if you are wanting to bring an infant home the wait could be long ...

ONCE YOU RECEIVE YOUR COURT DATE THEN YOUR STAY IN COUNTRY COULD BE 2-4 WEEKS ... You may travel back and forth if you can't stay the entire 4 weeks ...

This is all I know at this point and will try and update this as soon as I know more .... Blessings to all and prayers for your journey should you decide to take it ...

So Excited ...

Well Angels we have taken a huge step towards you !!! We are at the fundraising point of our journey to you ... It is sad it takes so much money to bring you home, but that is life and I honestly believe it is about FAITH ... If it was easy probably more people would do it and then it wouldn't glorify God as much ... I am honored to be your mother and I will work very hard to get you home in God's timing ...

I hope you are getting my kisses in the wind and you feel the strength of my prayers that come from my heart all day long ...

love you, Mom

I See You Everywhere ...

I have got to try and find a way to stay focus on the day ... I think of you, plan for you, and literally can see you everywhere ... You are so a part of my heart that I am getting scared ... I know God put you there and I just pray HE brings you home !!!

2009 is here ...

The Start of A New Year ...

It is almost 2009 and I just wanted you to know that I think of you daily ... I pray for your sweet hearts and those loving on you during this time ... I pray for your birth parents and the journey they are on ... I pray you will feel instantly loved the day we meet ... There are days when I feel you so strong that I think when I turn around you could actually be standing there ...

I love you my sweet angels !!!

Merry Christmas Sweet Children of Mine ..

I am not even sure if Christmas is something you will know about till you come home, but I will be thinking of holding you all day tomorrow ... We are a blessed family for sure and the day you come home will be a day of celebrating the mightiness of the Father ... I love you beyond what I can even understand on some days ... You are a piece of me ... And today we are one day closer to being a forever family !!!!

love you Mommy !!!!

Sleepless Nights ...

I am going on 5 nights of not being able to sleep and much of it has to do w/ thinking of you and longing to have you home ... I have the most amazing person for you to meet Auntie Katie ... She lives in Uganda and has opened our eyes and hearts to so much over the last 3 months ... I can't wait for you to meet her ..

I love you so much sweet angels ... I know God has big plans for you... I know you will touch many hearts and change many lives ... I am already so changed just by praying for you ...

love, Mom !!!!

Tonight I See You

I was given a sweet picture of a brown angel and it makes me think of the two of you ... I pray and think of you everyday ... You are in my heart and will one day be in my arms ... love you both!!!

kisses in the wind

it has been a while since i have written ... i have working on ways to raise money to bring you home ... i have been praying for Daddy to see our future as a family ... and praying God continues to keep me in the day and see all my blesses that are here today ...

i know the day we meet it will be a moment like a dream because i will have thought about it so much ... i love you sweet angels ... i pray for you my angels ... and i will come get you one day !!!

hope you are catching my kisses in the wind !!!!

A Note Arrived Today ...

I was at your brother's football game today and I went into the bathroom and found a note that said, "I want to be adopted please help me, please find me." ... Of course this note only makes me think of you ... I pray for whoever wrote this note ... I pray they are OK ...

Love you Angels !!!

Anxious ...

Feeling anxious these days sweet angel to bring you home ...I have begun working on the book that is to raise money to bring you home ... I feel an urgency and I don't know why ... I love you in the very depths of my heart and soul .. You are real to me and I pray for you and think of you every moment ...