First I want to say THANK YOU!! Many of you have felt God prompt to donate to our adoption either by direct donation to our Promise686 grant and/or by purchasing crafts. We are overwhelmed by your generosity! Many of you have been praying for us through our journey and I can't even tell you the peace He has given us! Thanks to all of you, when we get back with our new son we will be adoption debt free! (We're almost there now!) God is good!! All the time!
Prayer has impacted our journey and brought us to a place I could have never imagined. When we stared this journey we were pretty nervous, I mean how in the world would we be able to make this happen? We were filled with worry. Then, we followed God's lead and started the process of adopting. Yes, you have heard about the paperwork, the red tape, and the frustration. But you have to look in my heart to see that God's hand has been on every step preparing for THIS little boy and at THIS particular time. We had to be dependent on God and his timing (if you know me, you know I like to plan and know what's happening and when).
As this new year approached I was so excited for each day to reveal this next step. I have no clue what to expect but I do know God's got this!
Today we are still waiting and preparing for our little guy, here is an idea of what has to be down and what we have done since last update:
To update our Homestudy and immigration to the new country we have had to get:
✔️New physicals
✔️New CAN (Child Abuse &Neglect) reports from 4 states
✔️Updated financial summary
✔️Personal letter to Ministry of Country
✔️New Country signed forms
✔️Home visit
✔️Updated FBI fingerprints
✔️Updated GBI fingerprints
✔️Updated Employee status letters
All this needed to happen so our home study could be updated, which will be sent for immigration update with the correct country. Once immigration documents have been revised, translations can occur, afterwards our dossier will be sent to the country's adoption council. THEN we can wait on a travel date (usually 3 weeks before travel)
All this needed to happen so our home study could be updated, which will be sent for immigration update with the correct country. Once immigration documents have been revised, translations can occur, afterwards our dossier will be sent to the country's adoption council. THEN we can wait on a travel date (usually 3 weeks before travel)
- Pray for swift hands that are preparing and delivering paperwork.
- God to continue to prepare Tony and I to travel and loving this little boy.
- Pray for peace for Austin as he processes through having a brother.
- Pray for our little guy as he is prepared for adoption.
- Pray for my colleagues as they navigate without me during our travel.
-pray for our country to continue to stay safe for travel.
-Pray for other families that are currently going through this journey and that God continues to make them strong!
“God is our place of safety. He gives us strength. He is always there to help us in times of trouble.”
Psalm 46:1 NIRV
http://bible.com/110/psa.46.1.nirv
