Our Nine Blessings: They are coming home!

Kristy and Steve are coming home with their girls! They left Saturday night at 10pm and will get in Sunday @8. Please pray for safe travels and a grace-filled transition into life as a family of 8.
Blessings,
Heather

Our Adoption Time Line

9/7/08 Home from Ethiopia
9/2/08 Hiwot's Gotcha Day
9/1/08 Bizuayehu's Gotcha Day
8/30/08 Flight to Ethiopia to get our girls!
8/6/08 FINALLY passed court!
5/20/08 Initial Court Date
4/16/08 Referral for two girls!
2/20/08 On Waitlist For Referral
2/14/08 Received I-171H
1/14/08 Awaiting the I-171H (last document!)
1/12/08 USCIS Fingerprint Appt
1/12/08 Received Auth Documents From TX
1/11/08 Received Auth Documents From VA
1/10/08 Gladney Approved (to adopt up to three siblings)
1/8/08 Gladney Approved (to adopt up to two siblings)
12/24/07 Recevied VA Authentication documents
12/21/07 Received USCIS Fingerprint Appt For 1/12
12/18/07 Sent 18 documents for VA Authentication
12/14/07 Received Final Notarized Home Study
12/11/07 Received VA State Police Clearance
12/10/07 Home study draft received and VA DSS clearances received
12/3/07 -Received FBI Clearance Letters
11/30/07 -Received State Authentication for Birth Certficate
11/28/07 -3rd and Final Home Study Visit
11/23/07 -Finished Required Hague Training and Received State Authentication for Birth Certificate
11/20/07 -2nd Home Study Visit
11/16/07 -1st Home Study Visit and Received State Authentication For Our Marriage Certificate
11/9/07 -Remainder of application paperwork sent to Gladney and Datz to include 2nd set of fingerprints for VA State Ploice
11/9/07- Received Notarized Physical Forms and Bank Statement Notarized
11/8/07- Sent Fingerprints to FBI
11/7/07- Daddio Fingerprinted
11/7/07- Purchased DVDs for required adoption training.
11/7/07- 1st contact with Home Study caseworker and three visit dates established.
11/6/07- Mommio & DD Fingerprinted
11/5/07- Kid's physical appts & forms signed.
11/5/07 Background Check Forms Sent to VA Dept of SS
11/1/07- Physicals and First Hep A Vaccine Received
11/1/07- I-600A Application Sent To USCIS
11/1/07- Application for Home Study sent to Datz and applied for Marriage Certificate.
10/27/07- Home Study Agreement and Fee sent to Datz Foundation
10/26/07- Application Received
10/24/07- Sent in Application Request and Fee To Gladney
10/10/07- Told oldest 3 kids and we began praying about this as a family.
10/10/07- Phone Orientation With Debra at Gladney
10/10/07- Applied for Mommio's passport and Daddio's birth certificate
10/9/07- Spoke To Debra From Gladney Center For Adoption and Faxed Info Sheet In
10/1/07 Daddio fasted and prayed for guidance
9/29/07 We began to pray about adopting again and Mommio found Ethiopia

Saturday, September 6, 2008

They are coming home!

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