How precious! Oh Father God, protect this precious heart and may she always be tender toward you! May she continue to learn and grow and cast her burdens at Your feet. Thank You for the hearts and minds of children who remind us of their complete faith and trust in You and Your word.
I am praying for you and your family. I am praying that God will give you strength and you will recognize its Him that has given it. Emmanuel- God with us!
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Adoption Time Line
Sept 1, 2009 - sent application to agency
Sept 3, 2009 - agency called, we are accepted into Ethiopian program
Sept 8, 2009 - first homestudy meeting with local agency and got finger printed (for FBI)
Sept 10, 2009 - mailed I-600A to USCIS
Sept 18, 2009 - mailed signed contract to Int. agency with first big check
Sept 21/22, 2009 - physicals for the whole family and TB testing - apt. set for finger printing for immigration
Sept 24, 2009 - 2nd homestudy meeting - dossier arrive and now we can start working on it
Sept 28/29, 2009 - completed 2 out of 5 education classes at local agency (there are 3 different education courses we take) ordering passport for Cris and had dossier phone conference
Sept 30, 2009 - all of our medicals are done and notarized
Oct 7, 2009 - last homestudy meeting (at our home)
Oct 15, 2009 - USCIS finger printing
Oct 16, 2009 - passport for Cris arrived
Oct 26, 2009 - mailed in Eyes Wide Open book to agency - 4th class at local agency - ready to send in homestudy report for review
Nov 3, 2009 - homestudy done and mailed to agency and USCIS
Nov 11, 2009 - mailed dossier to agency
Nov 16, 2009 - officially on the waiting list. Girl - 45, Boy - 29, sibling - 16
Dec 1, 2009 - REFERRAL - yippee
Jan 5, 2010 - court date scheduled for Jan 15
Typical International Adoption Order and Process
-Decide to adopt -Choose an agency -Acceptance by agency -Paperchase Begins -Homestudy -Working on Dossier -Submitting Dossier to foreign country -waiting for referral -Receive Referral -Accept Referral -Wait for court date -Court date -Jan 15 -Waiting to Travel -Traveling -Gotcha Day (meet the child) -Post-Placement
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I am a child of God. A wife to my best friend. A homeschool mom to my children. And more than anything, I desire to be more Christlike in all I do, glorifying Him with all my actions, attitudes, thoughts and motives.
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11 comments:
Ohhhh, I love the prayers of children. I hope you house sells soon too. How did the showing go?
How precious! Oh Father God, protect this precious heart and may she always be tender toward you! May she continue to learn and grow and cast her burdens at Your feet. Thank You for the hearts and minds of children who remind us of their complete faith and trust in You and Your word.
Precious!
I am praying for you and your family. I am praying that God will give you strength and you will recognize its Him that has given it. Emmanuel- God with us!
I love you.
incredibly sweet!!
How sweet is she?!
Out of the mouths of babes...we are praying here for Misty as well.
Oh my sweet Tally. I miss you SO much! -- Thanks for sharing this Cris. Brought tears to my eyes.
Love & miss you all!
~cp
How sweet, that is awesome that she knows how to pray and lay her requests before God.
Tears in my eyes. How very precious.
We have been praying for you guys every day.
How sweet. I love it when our kids simplify our semingly complicated faith. Praying those things with ya!!
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