Thursday, October 16, 2008

Amazing!!

We received our 171 form in the mail Wednesday!! This is the form from Homeland security/immigration that approves us to adopt an orphan from another country. The amazing thing is that all the paperwork says not to expect t his for at least two months because t hey have to process the form, we have to get fingerprints done, etc. On the website it says they are processing forms five months out, sooooo I just knew we had months to wait on this form. It was processed in one month and we received it in a little more than a month! What does this mean? It means we have to get moving!! We have just a few more items for our dossier and then we will head to Austin to get everything authenticated (signed by the Texas Secretary of State), then we mail it to D.C. to go to our U.S. Secretary of State and the African Embassy. Once it comes back with everything done (possibly a couple of weeks) we send it to Africa where it will be translated and submitted into their system and then we wait for a court date! (No idea how long this part will take.) Needless to say things are moving along!! Once we get our dossier finished we may get a referral which is when they match us with a little girl!! Then we will know who she is!! I can't wait! Please just keep praying, we all need it!!

3 comments:

JSW said...

This is wonderful! How exciting!!

Betsy said...

Ack!!! I know how excited you are!!!! Praying, praying, praying for you and the little bundle across the ocean...

Unknown said...

we are waiting on our renewed 171, thats awesome