HELP US BRING NORA HOME AND MEDICAL FUND

Hello, we are Gary & Christie Foulks. As most of you know, we have adopted our daughter, Nora Annalise Foulks, from Kyrgyzstan, Asia. We arrived in the country on January 15th to attend court and complete our adoption. We had our first court hearing on January 20th, and our adoption was granted. However, there was a 30-day hold period per Hague accredited standards. On the last day of our hold period, the prosecutor filed an appeal. We stayed in the country for our appeal hearing, which was on March 19th. We won our appeal hearing and picked up our daughter forever from the orphanage on January 20th. We proceeded with the last steps and started to get her medical appointments and lab work. Passport, new birth certificate, and our Foreign Supervisor provider, Chinara, prepared everything for our US Embassy interview appointment on March 28th. We attended the appointment and were told we would receive the visa on Tuesday as the Embassy was closed on Monday. We have since been told every day that they can't release her visa till they get guidance from the Department of State, and on other days they say it's USCIS they need guidance from. So, who knows. I don't even think they know, to tell you the truth. They have sent one email this whole time to the Department of State. They are doing no follow-up calls or emails to get this matter handled in a timely manner; their stance on this is we just simply wait. Time isn't on our side as our daughter Nora has a diagnosis of Down Syndrome and requires heart surgery to repair her heart condition. She also has restrictive growth; she is 4 years old and only wears 24 months in infant clothes and size 4 infant shoes. She needs to get home to receive the surgery, medical care, and therapies.

On April 15th, we will have been in Kyrgyzstan for 3 months. With that being said, we have had many unexpected expenses. We had to get a visa, which was over four hundred dollars alone. Then, we had to register in the country, extend our stay, pay for more notarization and translation fees, and of course, extend our apartment for this extensive stay. This is the bare minimum of expenses we have had to cover, plus paying all expenses back home as well.

Gary's work has been so gracious and paid Gary his salary the whole time we have been in the country, but with as long as we've been here, finances are hard considering we are covering two places of living.

When we get home, and that's a BIG when... We will be immediately getting Nora's heart repair and other medical treatments, medicine, and therapies she needs.

We didn't want to have to set up a GoFundMe; however, due to our circumstances, we have chosen to swallow our pride and set up one. So, if anyone feels led to donate to help our family while here in the country, to get back home, and to start Nora's medical care, we would be forever grateful to you for your generosity. If you can't give, it is 100 percent okay. Please, we ask everyone to keep us covered in prayer during this time and that we would get to come home soon.

Gary, Christie, and Nora