our finalized, notarized homestudy arrived in the mail this afternoon.
i put it in THE envelope and headed to the post office.
so...the week before Christmas.
4 kids.
4 pm.
could have been awful.
we brought a bowl of candy and decided to pass it out and spread some Christmas cheer!
now what??
we wait.
{surprise, surprise...}
we have just mailed off a form (with $830!) asking our government to be approved to adopt internationally.
it takes about 8 weeks to get the approval letter back.
in these 8 weeks we will be compiling our dossier.
what is a dossier??
a bunch of paperwork that we submit to Rwanda so that they can get a picture of who we are as a couple and as parents and as a family...our homestudy, financial statements, physical exams, pictures of our home...and refer us 2 precious boys to add to our family.
once we receive approval in 8ish weeks we will be able to include it with our dossier and mail it off to Rwanda!!!
THAT will be a BIG day!
but, today is also a big day and we are rejoicing!
11 comments:
Oh yes, thank you Lord for this next step being complete. Your time is perfect. We thank you for your hand in this process. Yahoo, Courtney and Pat!!!!!!
Your kids totally made those people's days...no doubt!
Oh yay!!! Wonderful accomplishment! This is getting so exciting. I cry every time I read your posts about adoption!
Congrats! Would have loved to have been at your post office this afternoon. ☺
Praise God. We just sent off paper work to USCIS today also. Very excited for you as well. We live in Nevada and hope to bring back 2 kiddos.
Jessica Nuckolls
CONGRATULATIONS!!! And I loved your previous post and it is such a good reminder for me today!
Congratulations! That's a huge step - and it definitely feels good! Hope all of the dossier paperwork goes smoothly and easily.
LOVE the idea of handing out candy at the post office.
I remember that big day very well! Here's hoping your form comes back in record time!
I love the candy idea! Way to make lemonade out of what could have been lemons!
AMAZING!!!!!!
Hooray! So glad this is out the door and one more step is off your list. Just when you were praying not to be at the post office or the store again, God gave you the BEST reason to get out and go!
one step closer - that is SO exciting!
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