October 30, 2013: U.S. Re-adoption finalized
May 2, 2013: Evie is home FOREVER!!!!
April 30, 2013: Embassy appointment
April 29, 2013: Gotcha Day!
April 30, 2013: Embassy appointment
April 29, 2013: Gotcha Day!
April 26, 2013: Leave for Ethiopia again
April 22, 2013: CLEAR EMBASSY!!!
April 11, 2013: Submitted to Embassy!!!
March 9, 2013: Home from Ethiopia
March 5, 2013: COURT DATE - PASSED!!!
March 4, 2013: First meeting with Evangeline
March 1, 2013: Leave for Ethiopia
Feb 15, 2013: Positive opinion issued and given a court date of MARCH 5TH!!!!
Feb 4, 2013: Find out courts will close until 2/25 :(
Jan 15, 2013: MOWCYA court date - no news :(
Dec 24, 2012: Find out our first court date with MOWCYA is on Jan 15th!!!
Dec 12, 2012: Our files & Evie's files submitted to court in Ethiopia
Since our referral, $2,000 has "appeared"! God is paving the way for you to come home, Evie!
November 29, 2012: REFERRAL of a 6 month old baby girl after 2 years, 4 months and 4 weeks on the wait list. Praise you Lord!!!
Fall 2012: CIS & Medical updates
July 1, 2012: Two years on wait list
December 5, 2011: Medical updates
September 16, 2011: Re-fingerprinting for FBI
September 2, 2011: Home Study Update
July 6, 2011: Re-fingerprinting for CIS
July 1, 2011: One year on wait list
May 19, 2011: Baby girl, you are so loved! My preschool class donated more than $450 for our adoption!
March 2011: God removes two major barriers with His mighty hand!
January 2011: Raised and/or received around $2500 total...God continues to provide for us to bring her home!
October/10: Raised around $3,000 at our garage sale and over $1,000 on t-shirt sales! God is GOOD!
8/25/10: The Lord provides! Received an anonymous $1,000 check in the mail!
7/1/10: OFFICIALLY PLACED ON THE WAIT LIST!!!!
6/30/10: Authenticated papers received back via Fed-Ex
6/23/10: Dossier overnighted to the Secretary of State for authentication
6/22/10: CIS APPROVED!!!! Dossier is complete!
6/8/10: CIS fingerprinting done
5/5/10: "Officially" Gladney approved & home study sent to CIS for
processing
4/14/10: Remainder of dossier paperwork submitted to Gladney
4/9/10: Received FBI clearance letters
3/19/10: Home study & GLADNEY APPROVAL!!!
2/13/10: FBI fingerprinting mailed off
Begin collecting foreign dossier paperwork
2/2/10: Gladney paperwork submitted
1/8/10: I-600A mailed off
Begin collecting Gladney paperwork
12/22/09: Phone interview with Gladney
11/11/09: Mailed pre-application to Gladney
Fall 2009: God leads us to Gladney Center for Adoption's Ethiopian program
Summer 2009: Read some adoption blogs and Jantsen's Gift by Pam Cope. Our eyes are fully opened to the orphan crisis. We feel the burden on our heart, so we start investigating agencies & countries.
April 2008: Judah is born. Adoption discussions take a backseat.
May 2007: Take a 2 week trip to Thailand and visit an orphanage while we are there. This sparks some minimal discussions on adoption.
