Moving forward!!!!

Well, the past few days have been insane! We have had to deal with the fact that our Ethiopia Adoption dream was not going to be a reality. A few people have mentioned the Democratic Republic of Congo program to me; a lot of people are switching over from Ethiopia. Our agency only does Ethiopia and China, which are both out of the question for us. So, I contacted someone I knew from our adoption with Sara, and she mentioned Congo. Long story short, there are over 5 million orphans there in desperate need of homes. I feel so naive not knowing about the horrible things that go on in Congo. There is a beautiful 2 1/2 year old girl available and we all fell in love with her. She is just gorgeous!

So, now we are scrambling to gather additional documents needed, etc before we leave for vacation on Monday!

Does everything happen for a reason???

This is so hard to write, but I wanted to give an update. Just when we thought this was too easy, it WAS! We found out yesterday that because I had Cancer more than 8 YEARS AGO, Ethiopia will not let us adopt! We are heartbroken, BUT it may open another door for us. We definitely want a second child, we know that. This just puts a big bump in our plans. We will keep everyone updated. Pray that we make the right decision.

Fingerprint Appointment!

I was shocked yesterday when we got notice of our fingerprint appointment already! Last time it seemed to take so much longer! We are all pretty excited. Things seem to be moving right along. We are waiting for the courts to open, hopefully next week. Then we should get some answers.

Getting There!!!!

So, we got notice today that our Application for Advance Processing of Orphan Petition has been received, which grants us permission to bring an orphan child into the US. So now, we just wait for our fingerprint appt (3rd set of fingerprints). Other than that, we should be going on a list very soon to become eligible for a referral in Ethiopia. Fingers crossed!!!!!!!!!!!