Common questions answered...

How much longer?

This is a common question we are getting. International adoption is a lengthy process. We were hoping to have our son by the end of the year. Now that our country will be closing next month, we will probably travel between the end of this year and the start of next...just depending on how long they close for. We are resting that the Lord's timing is perfect.

Who will travel and for how long?

Both Mike and I once invited, will travel to country. We both have to stay a couple weeks until our son is located and we go to court...both parents have to be at court. After court, there is a 10 day waiting period in which one or both of us will stay...the other may go home. After the 10 day waiting period there are other procedures that have to be done in country before we can leave. So one or both of us will live in an apartment there for about 4-5 weeks. This will be the hardest part of the process for me, leaving behind my other 4 babies.

Where are you in the process now?

Because of the upcoming closure, we have been advised to hold off on some paperwork since it will expire in a short amount of time...we have been advised to get passports which we have done. Complete our homestudy which we are finishing up. We are currently taking online international adoption classes for our homestudy and waiting on states and people to submit things back to our social worker so she can do write her report. We really like our social worker and are thankful for her. We were also told to go ahead with getting immigration approval...immigration approval consists of sending in our completed home study to immigrations, fingerprinting (yet again), and more paperwork...