Answered Prayers!

I want to thank EACH & EVERY ONE of you! Our prayers have been answered! My fingerprints were a success and our immigration approval is complete and in country!!!! GOD IS GOOD!

George (our in country guy, you will hear his name a lot) now has it and the he is obtaining our referral documents.


Now for the next step.. Immigration 800 form... yes you heard right. The second set of Immigration forms.


Let me explain.

So, when you adopt internationally your dossier must have immigration approval, this form is the 800a. The 800a basically states that we want to bring home 'a male child', it's very generic but needed in order to obtain a referral. Once a referral has been received the 800 is filed, this request states the child's actual name and and specific data about the child coming into the US. Our immigration documents are back to back since we were matched and moved countries at the same time. The 800 can take 3-4 weeks to complete due to processing and gathering all the information about the child that is needed.


So as of right now we are 3-4 weeks away from traveling! This is soo close, yet soo far away!


Please pray:

-for God's peace over the next month

-for the gathering of information

-for our filling out the forms accurately and swiftly

-over our little guy as he waits and possible medical & mental evaluations

-over his foster family

-for preparation for his arrival

-our unknown travel schedule







Thank you!

Prayers Needed!!

Please pray for Jennifer as she attempts to go to the  Immigration office Monday, without an appointment, and tries to implore the officer on duty to allow me to get biometric fingerprints again.

So the long story of what is happening...
So as of our last update February 3, Our paperwork was complete for immigration. What Tony and I learned later is that the time 'waiting' in immigration is to refresh our fingerprints. This was done for two reasons: 1- Immigration certificate only lasts one year, and 2- we changed countries since our last certificate. So then we waited.... and waited... and waited. Our agency has done a FABULOUS job of keeping us updated and we have recently learned of an immigration officer who has been going above and beyond her call of duty to get us our documentation as quickly as possible.

Earlier this week we received notification from our agency saying that Tony's fingerprints had been refreshed but I hadn't. We don't know why they were able to do one but not the other. So we waited the rest of the week until yesterday when our agency and the officer assisting us decided we were better off attempting to go in the the office in Atlanta and try to get in. There have been cases of success but it is not a guarantee. The officer is also setting up an actual appointment incase this doesn't work but it's not for another 2 weeks.

Why does this seem to be a rush you might be asking? Well since we do not have a referral for our little boy and the country has been told often 'any day now' about our paperwork, they could choose to give up on us and release him back into the adoption pool and we could lose our chances of bringing him home. If I can get my fingerprints done Monday, get the approval next week, and FedEx'd to eastern Europe then we think we can get the official referral document very quickly.

I can not express the urgency of us getting this doument! Please pray with us.

Please pray:
-for Gods revealed plan
-for the quick email arriving Monday that I need to have so I can drive to Atlanta (with smooth traffic)
-for the officers favor on our case
-our thoughts as we sit and wait this weekend
-our unknown
-over our little guy  as he waits
-over his foster family
-for preparation for his arrival
-our unknown travel schedule

Thank you!