Progress

Time to update the blog on the events of June...

The adoption committee has approved Blessing's adoption to move forward as a special needs case. That means the case can continue onto the courts so a decree can be issued...but we've run into a bit of a bump. While the Liberian side is ready to proceed, they are waiting on the American Embassy to give them the go-ahead. The Embassy is waiting on updated fingerprints that we gave in February to be processed. We went ahead and re-fingerprinted ourselves two weeks ago to try to speed things up. The new fingerprints are supposed to be expedited...we'll see.

Fatu's house has been moving along, despite the rain. The roof is on now and we expect to finish the house before the end of July. We again want to thank everyone who has donated for this project. We are absolutely amazed at the outpouring of support for Fatu and generous gifts. Here are a few pictures from the last month.

Nailing a board in place to prepare to cast a lintel.

One of the masons standing on the wall...I don't think his footwear would be OSHA approved.
After all the lintels were cast.

A few extra people came by to check on the progress.

Roof framing finished, starting to install the "zinc" on the roof.

The roof, almost finished. Fatu is in the foreground in pink. She's there just about everyday to see how things are going. Her and her son have also been planting some fruit trees on the property.

After the roof was finished they started filling in the gable end with block.
They also finished installing the "rogue" bars in the windows. Since it is the 4th of July, we'll finish with this picture of one of the workers saluting everyone with his American flag shirt.