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Our Adoption Timeline:
01/11/12 - Josh and Alethia land on US soil TOGETHER!
01/06/12 - Josh leaves to get Alethia
12/28/11 - Paperwork arrived back in Kampala
12/19/11 - I-600 Approval Received
12/02/11 - Josh Leaves To Come Home
11/30/11 - Case Arrived In Nairobi
11/20/11 - Tasha, Areyna and Zeke Return Home
11/18/11 - Officially Denied VISA
11/16/11 - Embassy Appointment
11/14/11 - Dropped Everything Off At Embassy
11/12/11 - Finally Received Written Ruling
11/02/11 - Ruling Scheduled
10/28/11 - Rescheduled Court Date
10/05/11 - Court Date
09/26/11 - Leave For Uganda
08/31/11 - Received A Court Date
08/26/11 - Received ShowHope Grant Check
07/19/11 - Case Assigned to a Judge
07/11/11 - Case Submitted To Court
06/13/11 - Assigned A Case Number
06/03/11 - Immigration Approval
05/17/11 - Dossier made it to Uganda
05/10/11 - Dossier is on its way to Uganda
05/05/11 - Received the kid's passports
04/26/11 - Biometrics Appointment
04/07/11 - Passport appointment for the kids.
03/28/11 - Mailed off our Dossier to our Agency
03/26/11 - Received notice from Homeland Security that our USCIS paperwork was received
03/15/11 - Accepted Our Referral
03/15/11 - Sent off USCIS Application
03/08/11 - Home Study Approved
01/10/11 - Final Home Study visit.
01/08/11 - Finished educational classes.
12/16/10 - Began our online educational classes
12/09/10 - Our first Home Study visit.
12/03/10 - Received our Uganda binder in the mail.
11/24/10 - Mailed off our agency contract.
11/17/10 - Approved by the Agency
11/11/10 - Mailed off our Agency application
11/10/10 - Chose our agency and filled out the application
11/03/10 - Officially decide that we are going to do this!
PRAYERS WERE ANSWERED
9/7/11 - As we prepare to travel we have a lot of loose ends to tie up here at home with the ministry and work before we head out. Pray that we keep our focus on Christ and pray that we don't over-complicate this time. Pray that we will enjoy this time as a family and see it as an adventure...with a VERY HAPPY ENDING! We also still need a few thousand dollars to reach our goal. Pray that we will rest in His provision of the funds to bring our little girl safely home.
8/22/11 - Since we have been assigned a judge now we are just waiting to get word of a court date when we can travel. We are praying sooner than later now with a new fervency. We have a new baby coming into the world at the beginning of February and traveling can get more and more complicated as the pregnancy gets further and further along.
6/03/11 - Our I-171H finally arrived! Thank you for your payers. Next step, getting our paperwork submitted to court and assigned to a judge.
5/25/11 - we are waiting for our I171-H/Immigration Approval. It has been a month now and nothing. Pray we get this document in soon. Also, courts in Uganda are taking a break mid-July to mid-August. We are praying for a miracle to happen for us to be able to travel and finalize our adoption before that break.
3/24/11 - we are waiting on the last document to be notarized and then our Dossier will be complete. We'll be mailing it off to our agency. Pray for peace while we wait. Pray for a smooth process. Pray for me as I balance this whole process while trying to be the wife and mother I need to be.
2/23/11 - we are trying to patiently wait for our home study approval. We were told it would be completed over 2 weeks ago. Pray that we will rest in His timing.
12/03/10 - we need you to intercede for us. We are having some communication issues between the orphanage and the agency. We are in the first round of adoptions coming from this orphanage and there are A LOT of details to iron out to make this program a well-oiled machine for those families that follow us. Please pray for open communication. Also, for action. We are not seeing results on the Uganda side of things toward paperwork, medicals and Affidavits. Please pray that action will begin to take place. We can't bring these children home without both countries consent.
