OFFICIALLY OURS!
We passed court...
Will update soon with exact travel dates :-) We have been given tentative dates so when I know for sure... I'll let you know!
Monday, January 28, 2008
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Time line of Adoption
Calendar
Feb 22 - HOME... reunited with other children! YEA!
Feb 21 - Leaving Ethiopia
Feb 19 - Embassy Appointment
Feb 18 - GOTCHA DAY
Feb 17 - Arrived in Addis Ababa
Feb 16 - Left for Ethiopia
Jan 29 - Confirmed Embassy date! Bought tickets to Ethiopia.
Jan 28 - Got our travel call.
Dec 7 - WE GOT OUR REFERRAL :-)
Oct 9 - USCIS APPROVAL - We are on the waiting list for baby Abel.
Oct 5 - My friend Julie told me that she talked with our agency and they said her dossier made it to Ethiopia which means mine did too (they were mailed at same time). YAHOO!
Sept 25 - got a call from AGCI and Dossier is on it's way to Ethiopia!
Sept 12 - Dossier has been federally approved and is back at All God's Children.
August 30 - DOSSIER ON IT'S WAY TO WASHINGTON D.C. I did not think my Dossier would make this group of Dossiers going out but it did :-)
August 29 - DOSSIER MADE IT THERE (and I didn't even overnight it - YOU GO FED EX).
August 28 - MAILED DOSSIER TO ALL GOD'S CHILDREN
August 24 - Receipt received from CIS that they got our homestudy.
August 8 - FINGER PRINTING!
August 6 - First draft of Homestudy is finished and sent to Agency for review
LOTS OF ERRANDS BEING RUN DURING THIS TIME... PAPER CHASING TO THE MAX!!!
July 19 - Ted has interview with Social Worker
July 17 - Home visit with Social Worker. Tracie's interview with Social Woker
July 13 - Preparing to mail I600A but waiting on birth certificate (not sure of the exact date it went out but close to this)
July 13 - Dossier Orientation with All God's Children
July 12 - Phone Orientation with All God's Children
July 11 - Meet with our Social Worker
July 3 - Accepted by All God's Children
June 23 - We apply to All God's Children International to be our agency
June 22 - Ted and I had dinner with Tom and Stacy (who my friend Julie met at the pool) to hear about their adoption from ETHIOPIA. We feel drawn to their story, their daugther... after much prayer we feel this is the DOOR God is opening! AND We meet the Beelers (what a bonus... they too were there to talk about adoption)
June 20 - LET THE HOMESTUDY BEGIN... Got our packet today. Time to write out our LIFE STORIES! I have been talking to this sweet social worker for MONTHS now. So, we have already built a relationship with her.
June 12 - my friend, Julie Greene tells me she met a girl at her pool that had adopted from Guatemala and Ethiopia. We were at a point where we thought we were headed one direction but knew the Lord made it clear that was NOT for us.
We have known for all of our married years that we were drawn to adoption but in the last several years, we knew the Lord was preparing us for this huge step of faith. There are many other calendar dates of praying, deciding what country (THE WHOLE GLOBE was where we started... we had no idea what country we'd be adopting from).
Feb 22 - HOME... reunited with other children! YEA!
Feb 21 - Leaving Ethiopia
Feb 19 - Embassy Appointment
Feb 18 - GOTCHA DAY
Feb 17 - Arrived in Addis Ababa
Feb 16 - Left for Ethiopia
Jan 29 - Confirmed Embassy date! Bought tickets to Ethiopia.
Jan 28 - Got our travel call.
Dec 7 - WE GOT OUR REFERRAL :-)
Oct 9 - USCIS APPROVAL - We are on the waiting list for baby Abel.
Oct 5 - My friend Julie told me that she talked with our agency and they said her dossier made it to Ethiopia which means mine did too (they were mailed at same time). YAHOO!
Sept 25 - got a call from AGCI and Dossier is on it's way to Ethiopia!
Sept 12 - Dossier has been federally approved and is back at All God's Children.
August 30 - DOSSIER ON IT'S WAY TO WASHINGTON D.C. I did not think my Dossier would make this group of Dossiers going out but it did :-)
August 29 - DOSSIER MADE IT THERE (and I didn't even overnight it - YOU GO FED EX).
August 28 - MAILED DOSSIER TO ALL GOD'S CHILDREN
August 24 - Receipt received from CIS that they got our homestudy.
August 8 - FINGER PRINTING!
August 6 - First draft of Homestudy is finished and sent to Agency for review
LOTS OF ERRANDS BEING RUN DURING THIS TIME... PAPER CHASING TO THE MAX!!!
July 19 - Ted has interview with Social Worker
July 17 - Home visit with Social Worker. Tracie's interview with Social Woker
July 13 - Preparing to mail I600A but waiting on birth certificate (not sure of the exact date it went out but close to this)
July 13 - Dossier Orientation with All God's Children
July 12 - Phone Orientation with All God's Children
July 11 - Meet with our Social Worker
July 3 - Accepted by All God's Children
June 23 - We apply to All God's Children International to be our agency
June 22 - Ted and I had dinner with Tom and Stacy (who my friend Julie met at the pool) to hear about their adoption from ETHIOPIA. We feel drawn to their story, their daugther... after much prayer we feel this is the DOOR God is opening! AND We meet the Beelers (what a bonus... they too were there to talk about adoption)
June 20 - LET THE HOMESTUDY BEGIN... Got our packet today. Time to write out our LIFE STORIES! I have been talking to this sweet social worker for MONTHS now. So, we have already built a relationship with her.
June 12 - my friend, Julie Greene tells me she met a girl at her pool that had adopted from Guatemala and Ethiopia. We were at a point where we thought we were headed one direction but knew the Lord made it clear that was NOT for us.
We have known for all of our married years that we were drawn to adoption but in the last several years, we knew the Lord was preparing us for this huge step of faith. There are many other calendar dates of praying, deciding what country (THE WHOLE GLOBE was where we started... we had no idea what country we'd be adopting from).
18 comments:
PRAISE GOD!!! I am thrilled for you guys! I have had you on my heart so many times today, but I thought this news would come later in the week.
Hip, hip, hooray! Abel, your mommy and daddy are coming!!
Rejoicing with you,
Meghan
Hallelujah!!! Congratulations!!
Can't wait to meet him...
Cynthia Coffey
I bet that was a great phone call. What a beautiful thing...Abel has a loving family waiting for him!!! Praise God!!
Michelle
YEAH!! YEAH!!! I am so excited for y'all!!!! I can't wait to meet your precious little boy. I am praying.
Love,
Lindsey
Well finally... I've been wondering what took you so long to post the amazing news!!! :) I'm so happy for you guys. Congrats!
Love, Suzi
YES!!! Tracie, that is so exciting. You must be on Cloud 9. Can't wait to hear more....
Dee Dee
Congratulations! Is AGCI now letting you guys know when you pass court? They use to just call with travel dates! It won't be long now! Get packing!!!
Smiles,
jen in MI
Congratulations! What wonderful news. As another AGCI family (on the wait list) I've followed your blog for a while. Can't wait to read more!
Liz Lyons
Oh friend -- I am so thrilled for you guys!! Only a few weeks left before his sweet face will have his mommy and daddy lovin' on him. I love you!! Amanda
Hooray!! I am absolutely thrilled for you and your family - Praise God!! I'm sure you are so excited and starting the whole packing process!! Have fun!! You're in our prayers.
Kristin
Congrats!!!!!!!!!!
Congratulations! To be united with you child from across the ocean-what a fabulous gift God has given Abel and you! He is an amazing God!
Amy
Yippee!!! Sweet Abel is an Ancelet:) I can't wait for you to go get him- sorry you didn't need my travel agent skills!!!
Talk to you soon!!!
Congrats!! SOOOO excited for you guys!
Congratulations! I'm so excited for you guys to travel. I can't wait to see pictures of your little guy.
Yeah! It has been so fun following your family on this journey. I am so excited for you!
Lori
WAHOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! Now where's those pictures?!?! I can't wait to hear when your travelling!
This is awesome news!!! Whahoo!
(whew...especially for someone on the heels of this very thing in the next few months...)
Hugs
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