Application to America World 4/10/2010
Acceptance from America World 4/22/2010
Finger Printed for FBI and Illinois 5/6/2010
First Home Study Visit 5/10/2010
Physicals completed 5/17 and 18/2010
First Garage Sale for Adoption Fund 6/3 and 4/2010
All Paperwork for Dossier is officially aquired, now we wait for Homestudy Completion 6/7/2010
Second Homestudy Done. FBI Clearances are back. 6/11/2010
Final Homestudy done. now we wait for our Homestudy report so we can move to the next step. 7/1/2010
Sent our Application I-600 A to immigration service. Cannot complete this process until the homestudy report is ready. 7/12/2010
Still waiting on that darn Homestudy 8/29/2010
Today we met our new social worker . She has completed our HomeStudy and it shall be VERY SOON for this process to be done. 10/21/2010
State Certified Documents returned to us. 10/27/2010
Homestudy approved by the state of Illinois 11/29/2010
Homestudy sent off to USCIS 12/6/2010
TODAY WE GOT OUR FINGERPRINT APPOINTMENT for Jan 3.2010. YAY!!!! 12/14/2010
Final Fingerprints for USCIS Jan 3rd 2010 (our dossier is now ready and waiting for the last and final addition of our USCIS approval then we can send it off)
Recieved our I-171h from Homeland Security. We are good to go. Sent off our dossier to AWAA. 1/10/11
Dossier approved , now we wait for our official DTE date. 1/11/11
Friday, May 21, 2010
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Things are all lining up!!!!
Well....we completed our physicals today. All bloodwork is in and papers are on Doc's desk. It seems so odd that things are just ticking along and no hurdles thus far. I am so grateful and also very mindful that the hurdles can be just around the next corner. But for now, I am just going to rejoice in the fact that things are all lining up. I am going to wrap up the last of the paperwork by the end of the week and by then our medical stuff should be back in and then.... we will just have to get all the papers in order, wait for reports and such that are still out(finger prints,background checks),and then complete our last 2 home visits.
Im starting to allow myself to dream...........
Im starting to allow myself to dream...........
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Our disappointments are God's appointments
This has been quite a day. As a matter of fact, today has been one of those days that went in a totally different direction that I had planned. Not that I really had any fantastic plans, but I just did not expect that He had something HUGE for me to do today. But He did and I am so grateful that I recognized the need and made time to answer His call.
In preparing for this adoption I have really taken notice of how God is using this prep work for His work on my heart. I have had to, and been moved to, examine things that I normally wouldn't, very closely. Maybe as part of our Home Study or maybe because I have had conversations with people who don't really quite understand what we are doing or why. In any case, I have been reminded of how God has led me and made himself known to me. Of how and why I have made the choices I have made and how those choices didn't really make much sense at the time, but they make perfect sense now. How God makes perfect sense of our nonsense when we simply let Him be The Leader of our life. My life has had many disappointments, but I am convinced that those disappointments were preparing me, all along, for this God Appointment. All of my life lessons have pointed me directly to Him. The more in-love I fall with Him, the more my heart wants to please Him and seek Him and do for Him.
Thank You God for transforming my ways to your ways and my disappointments to Your Appointments. Thank You for loving me and guiding me before I even knew You. Thank You for giving me eyes to see and for designing my heart to follow your lead.
In preparing for this adoption I have really taken notice of how God is using this prep work for His work on my heart. I have had to, and been moved to, examine things that I normally wouldn't, very closely. Maybe as part of our Home Study or maybe because I have had conversations with people who don't really quite understand what we are doing or why. In any case, I have been reminded of how God has led me and made himself known to me. Of how and why I have made the choices I have made and how those choices didn't really make much sense at the time, but they make perfect sense now. How God makes perfect sense of our nonsense when we simply let Him be The Leader of our life. My life has had many disappointments, but I am convinced that those disappointments were preparing me, all along, for this God Appointment. All of my life lessons have pointed me directly to Him. The more in-love I fall with Him, the more my heart wants to please Him and seek Him and do for Him.
Thank You God for transforming my ways to your ways and my disappointments to Your Appointments. Thank You for loving me and guiding me before I even knew You. Thank You for giving me eyes to see and for designing my heart to follow your lead.
Monday, May 10, 2010
First home study visit down. We are making good progress and looking forward to wrapping up the paperwork portion. I know we are a ways out, but it's so awesome to feel a bit of progress and to dream about our new little baby Teunis.
Mothers Day was sweet. We spent a nice lunch out after church with granny and then Steve and Rick and Zack all went with me to see the new movie/documentary "BABIES". Wow, what an eye opener that was. I am so grateful that God placed me in the USA. Its amazing to see what little ones endure as just normal in other countries, and yet we wouldnt even have our pets living in such conditions. I went to this movie expecting warm and fuzzies and actually hid my eyes for some parts. Im a wimp I guess.
Now we are off to dance practice. With our medal ball performance behind us, we are going to be working on fun stuff now.
Back to the grind.........
Mothers Day was sweet. We spent a nice lunch out after church with granny and then Steve and Rick and Zack all went with me to see the new movie/documentary "BABIES". Wow, what an eye opener that was. I am so grateful that God placed me in the USA. Its amazing to see what little ones endure as just normal in other countries, and yet we wouldnt even have our pets living in such conditions. I went to this movie expecting warm and fuzzies and actually hid my eyes for some parts. Im a wimp I guess.
Now we are off to dance practice. With our medal ball performance behind us, we are going to be working on fun stuff now.
Back to the grind.........
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Sunny Days and Sunny Ways
Today we got our first home visit officially booked....YAY!!!! Next Monday the 10th. We know the delays will inevitably come, but so far things are humming along.
As I was growing up, I always dreamed of babies. I always wanted babies. However, adoption never crossed my mind I have to say. I have never really known anyone personally who adopted either. So this whole process is quite new territory. I find it extrordinary, that with all of the longing in my heart to share baby experiences with Steve, God has blessed us beyond my wildest dreams by not only allowing us to experience baby things together, but that it is a whole new experience for both of us altogether, through adoption. It's so wonderful to feel God's hand in our lives and I am so grateful for His leading and His timing and His perfect way.
As I was growing up, I always dreamed of babies. I always wanted babies. However, adoption never crossed my mind I have to say. I have never really known anyone personally who adopted either. So this whole process is quite new territory. I find it extrordinary, that with all of the longing in my heart to share baby experiences with Steve, God has blessed us beyond my wildest dreams by not only allowing us to experience baby things together, but that it is a whole new experience for both of us altogether, through adoption. It's so wonderful to feel God's hand in our lives and I am so grateful for His leading and His timing and His perfect way.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
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