Some more backward movement... :(

Well. Adoption is not for the thin skinned! We are still waiting for our homestudy to be approved by DCFS. Once that is done then, and only then can we apply for our I600A. So we are waiting!

On a bit of a challenging note. We received an email yesterday stating the following:

At the end of the business day on March 10, 2010 (March 1, 2010 according to the Ethiopian calendar) the Ethiopian First Instance Federal Court posted a notice that, we have been told, will affect all prospective adoptive families who are waiting for adjournment.

Agencies were anticipating that a formal proclamation would be issued by the end of the week explaining the details of this notice and how it will be implemented, but on March 11, 2010 Dove was notified by our attorney that it appears that this is not going to happen.

Effective immediately prospective adoptive families must be present at the court hearing in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.


What does this mean? Well frankly, as far as the paperwork is concerned, I honestly do not know. I am trusting in our agency to walk us thru this. As for the reality, Len and I will have to go to Ethiopia, not once but twice! We both will have to be present at the court date. Then 6-8 weeks later one or both of us will return to bring our little one home. Disadvantage....traveling 23 hours in a plane four times. Advantage...seeing the beautiful Ethiopian countryside twice. Meeting our little one before the court date. Having time to spend with him twice in his home country.


Still trusting in the one who brought us to this point!
Thanks for reading!

Michelle

Thank Heavens!

Well we finally......and I mean finally have some progress to report. We were unable to send in our I600A because DCFS lost our paperwork for our foster license. We went to be re-fingerprinted and filed the paperwork all over again. Now, we have a license and the required license number on our home study. Our homestudy was sent to Dove Adoptions and yes.....approved!
Now we have to re-submit some financial paperwork to DCFS and then both our homestudy is sent to them and our I600A (petition to adopt a foreign orphan) is sent to the US government.

Once the USA checks it all out, we are fingerprinted by immigration and Homeland Security. Once we receive our "golden ticket" we can send it off to Springfield, Illinois to be authenticated. Once that happens and we receive the paperwork back from Springfield our dossier will be sent to Dove.

Thank goodness an answer to prayer! This has been a very long paperchase! Good grief! It will all be worth it when we finally see his little face! My optimistic goal is to have him home before the clock strikes 2011!

Please continue to pray for our last few dossier items to fall into place, our I600a to move along, and our little one. We are coming!