I always liked getting mail as a kid, but who knew getting mail would be so fun now? Today we got our USCIS Homeland Security approval!! This is our "golden ticket" for the paper work trail to adopt! The last, last, last, last....bit o' paper work! Yipee! So excited that we are this major paper step closer to meeting our kiddos!
Now what? Next we take the full collection of paperwork (the dossier) to be certified by the county court, which is a hop, skip, and jump down the road. All the notaries signatures will be verified by the court. No biggie, just a walk in appointment and it will be done. Then, there is another road trip to the Secretary of State for the dossier to be certified by the state level. Now this location isn't a hop, skip, and a jump away for us. It's more like a 3 hour drive with kids watching videos, tossing snacks in the back of the car, and frequent potty breaks along the way from our country location to the big city. It happens to be that Todd isn't available with his work to take this trip for another 2 weeks! I don't know that I can wait!
I'm thinking of road tripping solo! Just me, my google map directions, the big mega-important dossier that I want to put in a safe box just to protect it while I'm behind the wheel! Oh and, yeah, the four kids too :) Stacks of videos, snack baggies, and the ever favorite portable training potty seat! Pray for me! Ok, truth: trying to recruit my dad to come along- right dad?
THEN what? Then the dossier all certified with it's bells and whistles, gets sent to our agency who sends it to the feds to be reviewed who sends it to the agency in Ethiopia! Pray for all this mailing and reviewing to go quickly (supposed to be near 3-5 weeks), but more importantly not to get lost or some other strange thing to happen before it lands in the proper hands.
THEN...we are on the waiting list!! yeah, kinda ironic isn't it? All this process, hurry up and rush, just to be on the 'waiting' list. lol. Well, all in His timing. It is in His hands and God has been with us through it all thus far and He isn't going anywhere nor running out of time!
I Thess. 5:24 God will make this happen, for He who calls you is faithful.(NLT)
I Thes. 5:24 The one who calls you is faithful, and He will do it.(NIV)
Now what? Next we take the full collection of paperwork (the dossier) to be certified by the county court, which is a hop, skip, and jump down the road. All the notaries signatures will be verified by the court. No biggie, just a walk in appointment and it will be done. Then, there is another road trip to the Secretary of State for the dossier to be certified by the state level. Now this location isn't a hop, skip, and a jump away for us. It's more like a 3 hour drive with kids watching videos, tossing snacks in the back of the car, and frequent potty breaks along the way from our country location to the big city. It happens to be that Todd isn't available with his work to take this trip for another 2 weeks! I don't know that I can wait!
I'm thinking of road tripping solo! Just me, my google map directions, the big mega-important dossier that I want to put in a safe box just to protect it while I'm behind the wheel! Oh and, yeah, the four kids too :) Stacks of videos, snack baggies, and the ever favorite portable training potty seat! Pray for me! Ok, truth: trying to recruit my dad to come along- right dad?
THEN what? Then the dossier all certified with it's bells and whistles, gets sent to our agency who sends it to the feds to be reviewed who sends it to the agency in Ethiopia! Pray for all this mailing and reviewing to go quickly (supposed to be near 3-5 weeks), but more importantly not to get lost or some other strange thing to happen before it lands in the proper hands.
THEN...we are on the waiting list!! yeah, kinda ironic isn't it? All this process, hurry up and rush, just to be on the 'waiting' list. lol. Well, all in His timing. It is in His hands and God has been with us through it all thus far and He isn't going anywhere nor running out of time!
I Thess. 5:24 God will make this happen, for He who calls you is faithful.(NLT)
I Thes. 5:24 The one who calls you is faithful, and He will do it.(NIV)
Thank you for your prayers!!
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