For those of you following, whether you are family or friends, we received some new information today. As I was going to work today, I checked my email in the parking lot before going into Chick-Fil-A. I had a new email from Holt International. They are our international adoption agency that is helping us adopt our baby whom we have already named Kolton Garrett, and we don't even know if he is born yet. Any way, if you will indulge me, I want to type out the email threads. It says:
Dear Reynolds Family,
Good news from Korea. Please see the following email from Korea regarding your eligibility.
RE: Reynolds Family/MS: We have a family who would like to adopt a Korean child in the WCP
(Waiting Child Program). Mrs. has a medical condition of gastroperesis. Please see her
medical letter attached and advise if the family will be approved to adopt from the WCP.
Thank you. [This part was from our social worker at Catholic Charities to Holt International]
RE: Reynolds Family/MS
Yes the family will be approved to adopt from WCP.
I will be processing your application and will be in touch with you shortly.
So, as you can see, God is working miracles and we are giving him all the praise and glory and honor!!! You can say that Mollie and I now know what it is like to take a pregnancy test and have it come back positive!!!! At least, this is what I think it feels like.
Friday, August 19, 2011
Here ya go
Mollie and I have gotten some more information about our adoption fund raisers. We have gotten approval to use The Church At Northshore as our meeting place for the 5 k. The address to the church is 498 Northshore Parkway, Brandon, MS 39047. The website for the church is http://www.northshorerewired.com/. The date of the 5 k will be October 29th. The registration fee for the 5 k is $25.00 and this will include your t-shirt. All proceeds will go to help with Kolton's adoption. All participants will need to have their registration form and fee in no later than October 17th. Any individual, individual family, or business that would like to be a sponsor for the 5 k, the sponsorship fee is a minimum of $100.00. We are coming up with a sponsor form and this form and fee will need to be in no later than October 17th as well. The only thing we are waiting on is the call back from Rankin County Sheriff's Department so that we can make sure there isn't anything we need to cover or get approved for the 5 k. A pick-up and drop-off point for the registration fee and the sponsorship fee will be announced as soon as we get the ok from any law enforcement and approval for the site.
Also, Mollie and I have turned in out t-shirt desings and will be ordering them soon. If any one would like to help us in our adoption through buying a t-shirt and not participating in the 5 k, we will be taking pre-orders for them. T-shirts will be $15.00 a shirt for shirt sizes youth-XL. T-shirt sizes 2XL-4XL, add $2.00 and with 5XL, add $3.00. The t-shirts are a blue color that is between baby and navy blue and the ink is white. On the left front chest of the t's, it will have South Korea on it and it will be shaded in. On the back, it will have a drawing of the globe with South Korea shaded in and all the other continents and all just outlined. There will be a verse on the back as well, half on one side of the globe and the other half on the other side of the globe. The verse is Ephesians 1:5. Please let us know what size shrits and how many you will be needing and we can get them to you as soon as we get them. Make your checks out to Mollie and Shane Reynolds. We will have order forms for the t-shirts and if you need receipts for taxes, we can do that too. Thank you all for your support and a special thank you to OneWay Promotional Products for our t-shirts!!
One more thing that Mollie and I would like to invite you too. Intersect Dance Collective is a dance company that our friend's are the co-founders. Andy and Alli Leatherman are our friends that co-founded Intersect Dance Collective and attend church with us. Andy came to me and told me that they wanted us to be one of their benefits. He asked us to give our story and at the end of the performance, he wanted us to get a love offering. Their performance of "Silver and Gold" from Acts 3:6, will be Friday, August 26th at 7:30 p.m. at Covenant Presbyterian Church. They are located at 4000 Ridgewood Road, Jackson, MS 39211 and the admission price is $5.00. We would love to see you all there and thank you to Intersect Dance Collective for this great blessing!!
Also, Mollie and I have turned in out t-shirt desings and will be ordering them soon. If any one would like to help us in our adoption through buying a t-shirt and not participating in the 5 k, we will be taking pre-orders for them. T-shirts will be $15.00 a shirt for shirt sizes youth-XL. T-shirt sizes 2XL-4XL, add $2.00 and with 5XL, add $3.00. The t-shirts are a blue color that is between baby and navy blue and the ink is white. On the left front chest of the t's, it will have South Korea on it and it will be shaded in. On the back, it will have a drawing of the globe with South Korea shaded in and all the other continents and all just outlined. There will be a verse on the back as well, half on one side of the globe and the other half on the other side of the globe. The verse is Ephesians 1:5. Please let us know what size shrits and how many you will be needing and we can get them to you as soon as we get them. Make your checks out to Mollie and Shane Reynolds. We will have order forms for the t-shirts and if you need receipts for taxes, we can do that too. Thank you all for your support and a special thank you to OneWay Promotional Products for our t-shirts!!
One more thing that Mollie and I would like to invite you too. Intersect Dance Collective is a dance company that our friend's are the co-founders. Andy and Alli Leatherman are our friends that co-founded Intersect Dance Collective and attend church with us. Andy came to me and told me that they wanted us to be one of their benefits. He asked us to give our story and at the end of the performance, he wanted us to get a love offering. Their performance of "Silver and Gold" from Acts 3:6, will be Friday, August 26th at 7:30 p.m. at Covenant Presbyterian Church. They are located at 4000 Ridgewood Road, Jackson, MS 39211 and the admission price is $5.00. We would love to see you all there and thank you to Intersect Dance Collective for this great blessing!!
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
New Opportunity
Well, it's been a little while since we have updated. So here is some new information. First, Mollie and I would like to thank those of you that are following us through our journey. Also, we would like to let everyone know that we are closer to having our 5 k run/walk finalized. We are planning to set the date for the 5 k to be October 29th. We have a friend that is making the flier for us and we have our first sponsor. The entry fee will be $25.00 per person and that will cover your entry fee and your t-shirt, that was designed by our friend Bridget Breunig. A very special thank you to her for our t-shirt design. We are trying to finalize the route and the meeting place so the 5 k is not totally finalized. As soon as it is, we will have everything set. If any of you following us work in a business that might be interested in being a sponsor for our 5 k run/walk, please let us know. We can get you a sponsor form and get your business signed up. This can be a great way for your business to advertise as well. For those businesses that choose to be a sponsor, we will be asking them if they have a company sign and will have those posted at different spots on the route of the 5 k and at the meeting place. So, be looking for the final details.
Secondly, Mollie and I had our couple's interview with our social worker today, August 17th. We answered questions about how we met, a little about our growing up, our ideas about discipline, how and when are we gonna tell Kolton about adoption, and questions about our faith/religion. She also told us that as far as she can see, if the finger prints don't show anything like one of us being on the run, we should be approved for our adoption!! We feel so blessed and are so excited. WE CAN NOT WAIT TO MEET KOLTON GARRETT REYNOLDS!!!
Secondly, Mollie and I had our couple's interview with our social worker today, August 17th. We answered questions about how we met, a little about our growing up, our ideas about discipline, how and when are we gonna tell Kolton about adoption, and questions about our faith/religion. She also told us that as far as she can see, if the finger prints don't show anything like one of us being on the run, we should be approved for our adoption!! We feel so blessed and are so excited. WE CAN NOT WAIT TO MEET KOLTON GARRETT REYNOLDS!!!
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