Received letter from Children's Hope International!

Today, we were thrilled to get a letter from Children's Hope International. It was a welcome letter from Sara DeMerchant, the Vietnam Program Specialist. She stated that they were delighted to work with us and will be calling us upon final approval of our application.

Sara DeMerchant will be working with us and will be our personal assistant through the adoption process. It is great to actually have some names to contact when we have specific questions. I feel like this is really starting to move! Of course, we are in the very beginning stages of the adoption process.

Mrs. DeMerchant sent us an I600A form to fill out and file with Citizen and Immigration Services. It is necessary to apply to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to bring an adopted child to the U.S.

We will work on filling out this form and filing it this weekend. It is $545 plus $70 per person in the household. It is good for 18 months. Hopefully, our adoption will be completed by that time.

Keep praying for us! It is a long journey, but it will be one that is going to change our lives for the better. We have so much love to give.

Donations for our adoption are starting to come in. Thank you to all those who have found it in their hearts to give the gift of love. If you would like to help support our adoption, please visit http://www.alonzofugate.com/changingalifeforever.htm . God Bless!