I realize it's about time I finally came up with some kind of update....now that I have laid out a bit of our history, here is where we are at....
We began the infamous International Adoption paperwork chase the middle of December. So, in the last 4 1/2, action- packed months, we have been...
-madly racing around trying to get the right forms filled out,
-waiting forever for them to be returned,
-running madly around once again getting more forms notarized and then waiting again,
-getting fingerprints done (several times),
-finding out that neither of us have a criminal record (whew),
-being declared free of numerous infectious diseases (whew again),
-getting more forms notarized..then more waiting,
-acquainting ourselves well with the post office personnel and mail carriers,
-completing our homestudy,
-throw in a bunch of phone calling, some made in panic pleas for help to public officials,
-add a ton of emails,
-then more waiting,
-then more notarizing,
-and finally, apostilling everything that even resembled a notary and (drum roll please)...
"Voila"....we finally had the "Dossier" - the bundle of magical papers which encompasses our entire life history, purpose and direction of our family for this adoption.
So, we now have a complete Dossier - it is in the hands of our adoption agency and will soon be in our country.
Now, what do we do?..............Any guesses?..............Why yes, of course we wait! :)
We hope our paperwork will be reviewed by officials in June. If that occurs, then we "wait" again for a travel date, which could happen in a short amount of time or not...Maybe we'll get to wait again! In short, if I could answer the question that of course everyone wants to know (including myself), is, "When will we travel?" Well, we hope within a few months. I wish we were leaving tomorrow. (accept of course for the fact that I have nothing ready and I would definitely be in an incredible panic and I most certainly wouldn't be sitting her yaking about waiting)
Actually, in regards to timing, I have felt the Lord challenging me again and again to trust Him for His perfect clock in all of this. He keeps asking me if I believe He will get us to our children exactly when we need to be there. So, I am trying to be patient and look at His calendar and not mine. I guess, after all, He can look at all of this through the eyes of eternity.
So, for now, we wait...stay tuned for more adoption developments! In the meantime, hang out with us and get to know our family a bit! (as soon as my very busy, significant other shows me how to download pictures from our camera, I will try to liven up the blog a bit...)
