And Now We Wait!

Yesterday, I walked to the mailed box opened the door and there laying on top of all the mail was our Immigration Approval. My eyes filled up with tears. This is the last and most important document that allows our children to come home to us. We've been waiting on this for 3 months and now we have it.

We can officially go on the wait list now.

As I mentioned in my previous post, we have been told that the average time on the wait list is 3-5 months. Having our children home seems so much closer than ever before.

I will probably spend this time investigating the possibility of using our frequent flyers or credit card points to cut down on travel cost.

Also, need to start thinking about who will care for the kids while we are gone. I want them to be able to stay in their own home and beds. I think it will cut down on the stress and anxiety for them. Someone mentioned to me about having a progressive sleepover where friends come for 2-3 nights at a time to stay with the kids. I'm going to make sure they are lined up to go to school every day during the week. This is the one area that I am most uneasy about. Please pray that we will find a good solution.

The room for the boys is ready with bunkbeds. We just need to paint the nursery and get the crib set up.

The next few months will be busy with the planning and putting on of our 3rd Annual Adoption Seminar & Expo, vacation in October (we can't wait!) and all the birthdays, anniversary and holidays through the end of the year.

Things are getting ready to kick into high gear in the George household.

Paperwork Pregnancy Done! (for now)

Well, we finally completed all of our application and dossier paperwork for our adoption. Two weeks ago, we received our official Gladney approval and today we mailed off our completed dossier. Yeah!!!!!! The last piece of the puzzle is to get our immigration approval which we hope to have in the next 3-4 weeks. Then, we go on the wait list. We've been told that the average time on the wait list is 3-5 months. We could have a referral as early as December and be traveling 1-2 months later. Of course, we are talking about international adoption so who knows. It could be sooner or later than that. For some reason I have had one or two inklings that this may happen fast. That may just be wishful thinking but I'm covering our bases, just in case.

Wow! By Spring time, our new children could be home with us. We are so thrilled we can not even put it into words.

Please pray for us. Once we get our referral that is when the last and largest chunk of money is due (excluding travel expenses)for the adoption. God has been and will be faithful to us.

Praise Him, praise Him, praise Him!!!