This last week or so has been some great adoption news and also continued concerns in the process.....as always, adoption is a lot of ups and downs.
We recently got some new pictures of our boy and he looks like he is doing well. We are grateful! We also received some new documents in regard to him. These were wonderful to receive but also made us grieve a bit.....there's so much of his story we don't know and so much we wonder about - and maybe we always will. And, it made us all the more eager to be his family and provide a home for him because for so much of his life he has had neither. On Christmas Eve our boy will have a birthday and turn 15.....we look forward to having him here and celebrating his 16th birthday with him next year.
We went to get our fingerprints a little over a week ago for our USCIS petition and were told via email that our petition has been approved.....so now we will stalk the mailbox for the official 171-H :-) This document is needed so that we can send our Dossier to Ethiopia. The Dossier is ready to go except for that approval form. We can't wait to send it off.....after finalizing and getting State Seals, final notarization's and other final details taken care of before it leaves our hands.....
We also need to fill out another form for USCIS in order to receive a PAIR letter. The PAIR letter is necessary for our adoption case to continue. From what we've heard - this letter can sometimes take a long time and can become a slowdown in the process. Ugh. This was something that didn't need to be done in Martha's adoption process so it is totally new to us and causes a little anxiety.
We'd greatly appreciate your prayers in some specific areas right now:
*Paperwork details - the Dossier, the 171-H, the PAIR letter, final translated (into English) documents we still need and all of these eventually relating to our case being submitted to Ethiopian Court. It's a whole lot of paperwork that all needs to come together yet.
*That December 24, 2016 would be the LAST Birthday our boy has without a family!
*There are still some financial details being finalized and we continue to pray for God's provision. As was the case in our first adoption process (or maybe it's just because it's 5 years later?) we seem to be having car problems beyond belief! 3 out of 4 cars seems to need something or other currently. The joke around the house is that we must be adopting again and God is making sure we keep trusting Him by giving us car troubles. We're trying to laugh it off.....trying :-)
*Timing - we are trying to not get caught up in our timeline or the timeline of the school year or Dave's Church responsibilities. We are reminding ourselves that God made the timing absolutely perfect for our whole family when we brought Martha home and we know He will do that again. (But sometimes we forget it's His time and not ours). Please also pray for our Bio kids....they dream of going to Ethiopia and each have a strong desire to see that beautiful Country of their Ethiopian siblings. We wish that were to be possible, but it won't be. Please pray that sometime their desire would turn into reality....thanks!
*Dave & Vicki start American Sign Language classes in January....pray that we are good learners.
Thank you for your prayers and support......we are grateful for each of you who stop and ask how things are going or those who say they've said a prayer, etc. It makes such a difference to us! We wish you all the best Christmas Celebration - so thankful for the little baby born so long ago - who came to save us and adopt us into God's family. O Come Let Us adore Him!
We recently got some new pictures of our boy and he looks like he is doing well. We are grateful! We also received some new documents in regard to him. These were wonderful to receive but also made us grieve a bit.....there's so much of his story we don't know and so much we wonder about - and maybe we always will. And, it made us all the more eager to be his family and provide a home for him because for so much of his life he has had neither. On Christmas Eve our boy will have a birthday and turn 15.....we look forward to having him here and celebrating his 16th birthday with him next year.
We went to get our fingerprints a little over a week ago for our USCIS petition and were told via email that our petition has been approved.....so now we will stalk the mailbox for the official 171-H :-) This document is needed so that we can send our Dossier to Ethiopia. The Dossier is ready to go except for that approval form. We can't wait to send it off.....after finalizing and getting State Seals, final notarization's and other final details taken care of before it leaves our hands.....
We also need to fill out another form for USCIS in order to receive a PAIR letter. The PAIR letter is necessary for our adoption case to continue. From what we've heard - this letter can sometimes take a long time and can become a slowdown in the process. Ugh. This was something that didn't need to be done in Martha's adoption process so it is totally new to us and causes a little anxiety.
We'd greatly appreciate your prayers in some specific areas right now:
*Paperwork details - the Dossier, the 171-H, the PAIR letter, final translated (into English) documents we still need and all of these eventually relating to our case being submitted to Ethiopian Court. It's a whole lot of paperwork that all needs to come together yet.
*That December 24, 2016 would be the LAST Birthday our boy has without a family!
*There are still some financial details being finalized and we continue to pray for God's provision. As was the case in our first adoption process (or maybe it's just because it's 5 years later?) we seem to be having car problems beyond belief! 3 out of 4 cars seems to need something or other currently. The joke around the house is that we must be adopting again and God is making sure we keep trusting Him by giving us car troubles. We're trying to laugh it off.....trying :-)
*Timing - we are trying to not get caught up in our timeline or the timeline of the school year or Dave's Church responsibilities. We are reminding ourselves that God made the timing absolutely perfect for our whole family when we brought Martha home and we know He will do that again. (But sometimes we forget it's His time and not ours). Please also pray for our Bio kids....they dream of going to Ethiopia and each have a strong desire to see that beautiful Country of their Ethiopian siblings. We wish that were to be possible, but it won't be. Please pray that sometime their desire would turn into reality....thanks!
*Dave & Vicki start American Sign Language classes in January....pray that we are good learners.
Thank you for your prayers and support......we are grateful for each of you who stop and ask how things are going or those who say they've said a prayer, etc. It makes such a difference to us! We wish you all the best Christmas Celebration - so thankful for the little baby born so long ago - who came to save us and adopt us into God's family. O Come Let Us adore Him!
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