It has been a while since we updated the blog with our progress in the adoption, so I just wanted to quickly do that today. With our home study finished, our next step is to get permission from the United States to adopt. Our application has been received and we are waiting to get our biometric fingerprinting done in a few days (these can only be done at a certain place and by mailed invitation). Once that is complete we wait a couple of weeks for our approval to arrive in the mail.
On the heels of U.S approval comes our next really big step--sending our dossier to China. All the paperwork we've assembled over the last few months gets put into a file and sent to the China Center for Children's Welfare and Adoption. This doesn't mean our work here is done, but it is certainly a milestone in the adoption process. At this point, we are told we may experience our longest wait while the dossier is logged in, translated, reviewed, and hopefully approved.
We are depending on the Lord as we wait, knowing that He will bring about the details of the adoption in His timing. At the same time our excitement levels are rising because the wait time to meet our new children is only a few months!
Thanks for following along and being part of our journey!
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