For we walk by faith, not by sight.: Pictures from today....

Downtown Kiev (Ukraine's capital)

Can you say COLD!

Our Adoption Timeline

Week of April 11 - Found this child. Started praying and seeking the Lord over him and the Lord's will for us.
Week of April 18 - Lots of praying and lots of research.
April 21 - Mike and I in agreement that the Lord is directing our steps towards adoption.
April 25- Commit to the Lord to bring this child home, our son, if He wills.
Week of May 2 - Still researching social workers/agencies for home study. Need to start the home study process this week, in hopes to get somethings completed before our GA trip.
May 3 - Contact many social workers...we only have 3 options, they are all agencies....we shall see.
May 11 - one full month has passed since we found this child. We have chosen a social worker and are praying for direction as we choose our in country facilitator.
May 16 - YAY! we have our facilitator!
May 19 - filing for passports today :)
5 -24 Mike and I State and FBI fingerprints
May 16 - working on paperwork for our social worker/home study. Need to get passports this week and need to make a commitment to an in country facilitator.
5 - 25 Kids physicals and pictures
5 - 26 Mike and I physicals
5 - 26 turned in all home study documents, now wait for home visit!
June 19 - home from GA...passports and immigration papers arrive....just found out July 11th our countires adoptions will stop for some time in order to change authority.
June 27 - POA forms and money sent to our country
USCIS immigration forms sent and Homestudy visit on July 7th!
July 11 - Working hard on Dossier
Aug 17 - Still delayed in waiting on FBI clearance.
Aug 23 - GOT FBI CLEARANCE!! Finalized homestudy!
Aug. 28 - Waiting on immigrations approval
Sept. 15 Biometrics appt. for immigrations.
Sept 22 - Mail homestudy addendum to USCIS
Sept. 23 - Go to Pierre for Apostilles!
Oct 11 - got pink slip from Immigrations and overnighted their requested info to them.
10 - 25 Praise the Lord! Got Immigrations Approval in the mail !
10-26 Mike drives to Pierre for the last 2 Apostilles and GOODBYE Dossier, we mail it off to Ukrain* today!!!! Praising the Lord.
Nov 6 - Dossier still not arrived to our facilitator...waiting and praying
11 - 7 Our Dossier arrives into safe hands..praying for 11/10 submission date
11-30 WE ARE SUBMITTED!
Jan. 18...got appt. date...YAY
Feb. 8..SDA appt. date
2/10 meet him for the first time
3/2 court, he is ours!
March 16, 2012 Gotcha Day!
March 25 American Citizen !

For we walk by faith, not by sight.

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Pictures from today....

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