Today was the day - we officially applied to America World's Ethiopian adoption program! We had to complete another application (thankfully minus the application fee) so that America World could open a brand new file for us. Opening a new file is probably a fantastic idea because I can only imagine how large the Ukraine file is after 1 1/2 years of trying to adopt from there!
We are pumped and ready to go. We've been told that the dossier process is much easier and less tedious than that required by Ukraine - yeah! I sure am glad that I have developed a friendship with the lady at the Secretary of State's office because she is sure to see more of me in the weeks to come.
We are requesting a healthy infant girl under the age of 12 months. Currently, the expected wait time is 7 to 9 months from the time that our dossier (application with supporting documents) is sent to Ethiopia. Hopefully we will be able to use some of our documents from the Ukraine process because we just redid the entire dossier in January.
We're still waiting on a portion of our money to be refunded to us from our facilitator in Ukraine, so please pray that he stands by his word and that we actually see that money sometime soon because we will need it for Ethiopia. Hopefully we will hear from him very shortly - or my agency is going to get VERY tired of my constant phone calls!
For those of you who are still following our journey after leaving Ukraine - thanks for all the prayers and support! For those of you just tuning in on our family's adoption journey, feel free to read all about how God brought us to Ethiopia by visiting http://reedukrainejourney.blogspot.com/
Let's see what God has in store for us next!
7 comments:
congratulations!!
what an exciting new time for your family.
our son has a friend from his kindergarten class with TWO little sisters from ethiopia (twins)!!!
our son loved it when the girls came in for 'show and tell'!!
here's an adoption blog i like to read, you may like it too... she is adorable!
http://raisinglucy.blogspot.com/
best regards,
rachel
Congrats on your decision to adopt from Ethiopia. I'm so glad that you are deciding to continue down the path of adoption. I look forward to reading about your journey.
This is so great! Can you even imagine? Only ONE week in country! NO court date in country! No cold weather! Etc. Etc. Etc. I am really looking forward to following your journey to find your baby girl! We're strongly considering Ethiopia as well.
Gina
Good luck to you all on this journey to Ethiopia! The Lord does work in mysterious ways, doesn't He?! You will find Ethiopia sooo different from the Ukraine and I promise that we will pray for you as you get started and wait. We have just brought our daughter home through Wide Horizons and the whole experience has been great.
God bless!
Kristin
www.irishopian.blogspot.com
Hello and congratulations on your decision to adopt from Ethiopia. I admire your perseverance to get to your baby girl!
May the Lord bless your journey.
We'll keep praying for your family.
I've stopped by your new blog a couple times, but everytime I get ready to post, one of the girls comes into the office and interrupts!
Anyway, it's great to read your news about your decision to adopt from Ethiopia. A couple women from my Bible Study Fellowship have recently adopted from their, and from what I've heard, the process has gone very smoothly. And their children are beautiful blessings!
Can't wait to follow this new journey with you!
Welcome to the Ethiopia program!! I hope things go miraculously smooth this time!! You deserve it!
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