financial update

Good news we recently received...we have been approved for a matching grant up to $2,500.  This will truly bless us in this long process that will not be complete until the second little boy comes home.  We have 3 more trips across the ocean until we can have both boys home.  Our remaining expenses are mostly travel and some fees when we get to formally accept the second boy's referral.  We are approximately 8 thousand dollars short on our expenses. We are putting the word out since some of you have asked us about how to donate and God has provided a matching grant.

You can donate in our name and it will be matched in our account! (and since, you give Life Song freedom to use your funds as they think best, your donation is tax deductible.) You can send a check to the address below or you can use the link to donate online.

Please make sure you use our last name and our reference number in the memo of the check or when you donate online0 (preference Steimer/ #1698 adoption): Lifesong for Orphans, PO Box 40,  202 N. Ford St,  Gridley, IL  61744

for online donations use this link but remember to put Steimer/ #1698 adoption  in the preference line http://www.lifesongfororphans.org/donation.html

September Surprise!

Mark and I received wonderful news on September 27th.  We are official!  The judge returned and signed our adoption decree stating that we are legally the parents of Samuel Mark Steimer. Needless to say there were smiles all around and even some dancing!  Of course the next question on everyone's mind is, "What's next?"  We do not have an exact date yet.  Some paperwork has to travel from place to place before it reaches the US Embassy.  It will then be reviewed and then we will get an email discussing travel dates.  Please pray that this part of the journey goes smoothly.  We are so anxious to have our little boy home.