Quick Update 2/3

I know, I know, we haven't updated in awhile.  Sorry.  No real excuse for it.  Just the daily grind of normal life. So here's a brief update of where we're at in the adoption process.

We filed our I-600A with the US government a week ago.  This is the form that request the US to allow us to bring A child into the country to live with us.  It'll be a few weeks before we get our confirmation that we have that clearance.  We did get a text to say that they have received our packet and will send us our info.  So there's that.

I have been informed by Marjorie that we're pretty much done (or close to done) with our dossier too.  The dossier is the big pile of paperwork that follows our process throughout this process.  It goes to the Ethiopian court.  It goes to the US government after that.  It's full of every minute detail of our lives.  Being done with this is HUGE.

So once we get the I-600A clearance and the dossier done.....we're in business.  Well......we'll see.  The good part though is that we'll be pretty much done doing the parts that we can physically do.  Very little other paperwork to fill out.  The big wait begins.

I've been saying....with Corban and Tobiah, I loved the paperwork part, because I could do something about it, but the wait was hard.  With this adoption, I can't get done with the paperwork fast enough and get on to the waiting.  I want this thing out of my hands into God's hands NOW.  I'm tired of being "in charge".

Lastly.....look for  an update on the outcome of the "beard sell-off" in the VERY near future.

For You:

1.  Pray we get our I-600A back sooner rather than later.

2.  Pray the documents we've done for our dossier are correct and approved.