Welcome to the rainy season in Japan! A couple of days ago I went to a charity event and on the way home, it started pouring. It took me about 10 minutes to arrive home by bike and let me tell you, biking in heavy rain is painful. Water gets in your eyes and it is impossible to keep them open. I prayed the whole way home hoping that I wouldn't get into an accident because I couldn't see anything. Last night, we watched a movie and the characters had to ride their bikes in heavy rain, acting like they could see. I WISH that were true, but it's not. Impossible to see while riding your bike in the rain. Needlesstosay, I was soaking wet when I arrived home. I'm just grateful my purse was water proof or my phone would be dead right now.
Since my last update, I received my birth certificates! That was the final piece of our documents that we needed. JD and I checked and rechecked, and then checked again our documents before finally shipping it out to our agency. We got word that they have the documents, and now it is just a waiting game for them to finish checking and translating them. Since last year, things have felt like they were moving quite rappidly and now, things feel like they are going at a snail's pace. I suppose that would make sense as we originally were going to do 2 homestudies, and now that we only have to do one, there is no need to be rushing. I just pray that everything will work out and we will be ok to move forward with the adoption. As much as I don't like waiting, we don't really have a choice in the matter. Until then, I will just tend to my plants. Our crowdfunding site, YouCaring, has been bought out by GoFundMe, and the site will disolve by the end of July. I went ahead and transfered as much as I could to a new site, FreeFunder. FreeFunder is another crowdfunding site that does not take any part of your donation. The only fees are the CC processing fees which cannot be avoided anywhere. Another good thing about FreeFunder is that they do not use PayPal. I had a lot of issues with PayPal and trying to get our money from Bonfire was a nightmare. I will never use PayPal for anything ever again. It is a horrible company with zero customer support. I don't know how that company can exist. Anyway, if you would like to check out my new crowdfunding page you can see it here. I will be keeping both YouCaring and FreeFunder active at the same time. You can freely donate to either. I will also post updates to both until YouCaring is gone. Once it is gone, I will be using only FreeFunder. Not many people know about FreeFunder, but I thought I would give it a try. If it doesn't work out during this time, I will find a new site. Thanks for reading! Until next time. #ItTakesAVillage
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August 2021
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