I just received news that the orphanage had approved our homestudy, which is great news; however, without going into too many details that I'm not sure we are allowed to share, we need to wait for one more event to occur before we can officially start the dossier process. Please pray that this will go smoothly and quickly, if it is God's will.
In the meantime, Sam and I are going tomorrow to have more fingerprints taken for our USCIS I600A form. I guess this will give us our FBI clearance. We are also starting to collect the paperwork we will need to submit for our dossier. Please pray for us as this whole process is new to us, and we want to make sure we are remembering everything we need to do. I would hate to get to a point where everything is halted because I didn't order certain paperwork that takes months to acquire.
I miss my little girl and wish we had her here with us this Christmas. I keep seeing little Minnie Mouse t-shirts and things that remind me of her, and I know she would like for Christmas gifts, but that time will have to wait. She absolutely loves Minnie Mouse and pink! : ) Anyways, I am so grateful to God that things are moving along with the adoption process and that we might be blessed with this precious addition to our family. She was such a joy to host this past summer, even in her trying moments when her little lip would stick out and she would fold her arms and look at me stubbornly. It was hard not to laugh. I miss her. Please continue to pray for us and especially for her. Whatever happens, my prayer is that she will know how much our Lord and saviour loves her and that she will be placed with just the right forever family for her that will love her as their own. My thoughts and prayers are constantly with her.
God bless and Merry Christmas!
Yea! The dossier is very simple and as long as you have all your birth certificates and marriage cerificates it shouldn't take long to throw together. We did ours in a week, having to wait for Tom to get back in town to get the police clearance. The authentication only took a week too. Oh yeah, from the time we heard that Cy had approved us until we got the paperwork was almost 2 months. We had to go through 2 different county approvals. Hopefully yours comes quickly! Merry Christmas!
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ReplyDeleteSweet friend...the wait is so hard and so painful at times but you will have her in your arms before you know it! I miss her sweetness, too!! I can't wait until you guys are united!!!! Continuing to pray that the rest of the process goes smoothly!!! HUGS!!
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