Minor updates because I can't write "TA!!!"

(TA is travel approval and that's what we are waiting on! Meantime, we are checking on travel insurance, packing lists, and the best way to buy flights on short notice!)

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We were saddened last week when we received a statement from our insurance denying payment on our immunizations. It seems the County Health Department is not a network provider so insurance did not have to pay. I know, I should have checked first. When we called the health dept. I told them our insurance coverage was supposed to be the same as whatever would be covered by BC/BS, so they thought it was 100% coverage. But I didn't think about county health departments not being network providers.

As I was finding this out over the phone this am with the insurance rep., she told me immunizations to travel to a foreign land wouldn't have been covered anyway, even in network. Surprised, I said, "But it's for an adoption; we could be exposed to those diseases by her, so even if she were escorted home, we'd need the immunizations!" Immediately the demeanor of this lady changed and she put me on hold. When she came back on, she said she would re-process the charges as if they were in-network! Yeah!! Then she asked some questions about Josie. The typhoid fever won't be covered, but the Hep A and MMR updates will be!

On another happy note, my sis brought up the bunk beds she found so I have those to re-finish. And we are 3/4 of the way done with the paperwork for our two grant applications. I think we have a shot at one of them, the other is iffy since they take 60-90 days to process and don't help post-adoption. Josie will probably be home before the board would make their decision. And they want to know what we've attempted for fund raisers. Um. Nothing. They also wanted to know if we are in a small group currently at church. Um. No. Oh, I so wanted to say, "It's just a one semester reprive!" Then they wanted contact info for our senior pastor. Um. vacant. But we have two awesome associate pastors! We'll see what God does.