The good news: As I mentioned in the last post, we finally have been assigned an officer as of March 21st. I was thankful to hear this since it had been an entire MONTH that our paperwork was sitting in a pile, waiting to be reviewed.
The bad news: Ryan called today to check in on how our case is progressing, only to find out that after over a week of having it, our officer hasn't even looked at our files yet.
As you can imagine, this is incredibly frustrating for us. There are two kids who are waiting for their forever family on the other side of the world, and a family (OURS!) who is ready to bring them home. Instead of steady progress forward, we continue to be at a dead standstill. It's heartbreaking for us as the wait continues.
Unfortunately, this has been the norm for Ethiopian adoptions recently- very little progress for anyone in the process. We continue to pray that things start moving forward for all families and that God comforts all the children waiting.
Lamentations 3:22-23- "Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness."
Monday, March 31, 2014
Saturday, March 22, 2014
The Wait After the Wait
It's been over a month now since we accepted our referrals of Awune and Mamo. I wish I could say that much progress has been made to bring them home but unfortunately, that's not the case.
We sent in our packet of information to the USCIS office on the 18th of last month. Since then, our paperwork has literally been sitting in an 'inbox' pile. As of Friday, we were assigned an officer to review our case. We knew this would be a journey of waiting (again) for all the proper paperwork to get processed, so we rejoice in the baby steps that move us forward.
We did have the BEST gift sent to us via a traveling family who recently went to Ethiopia for their first trip. PHOTOS!! It was so amazing to see new pictures of our kids and even hear a little bit about their personalities. He told us that they were both quiet, but Awune was very nurturing to her little brother. To know that someone was there and playing with the kids and taking pictures was so encouraging to our family!
As for things here at home, we are trying to get the kids' room ready - deciding on paint color for their room, bedding and things like that. It feels like there are many projects to accomplish but we should have plenty of time to get them all completed.
There are so many ways you can pray, if you'd be willing to join us in prayer!!!
- Pray for all the families in our agency who are stuck in the process. There are many ahead of us with referrals who have been waiting on all kinds of paperwork and signatures that need to happen in order for them to bring their kids home.
- Pray for Awune and Mamo that they stay healthy, are loved on by the nannies and that God heals their hearts and comforts them.
- Pray for our paperwork - that we don't have any major issues and we move forward within a reasonable time frame.
- Pray for J and KJ that God prepares their hearts for the big change of adding a brother and sister to our family.
- Pray for Ryan and I that we trust The Lord through this process and depend on Him as we ache to bring our kids home.
Thank you!!
We sent in our packet of information to the USCIS office on the 18th of last month. Since then, our paperwork has literally been sitting in an 'inbox' pile. As of Friday, we were assigned an officer to review our case. We knew this would be a journey of waiting (again) for all the proper paperwork to get processed, so we rejoice in the baby steps that move us forward.
We did have the BEST gift sent to us via a traveling family who recently went to Ethiopia for their first trip. PHOTOS!! It was so amazing to see new pictures of our kids and even hear a little bit about their personalities. He told us that they were both quiet, but Awune was very nurturing to her little brother. To know that someone was there and playing with the kids and taking pictures was so encouraging to our family!
As for things here at home, we are trying to get the kids' room ready - deciding on paint color for their room, bedding and things like that. It feels like there are many projects to accomplish but we should have plenty of time to get them all completed.
There are so many ways you can pray, if you'd be willing to join us in prayer!!!
- Pray for all the families in our agency who are stuck in the process. There are many ahead of us with referrals who have been waiting on all kinds of paperwork and signatures that need to happen in order for them to bring their kids home.
- Pray for Awune and Mamo that they stay healthy, are loved on by the nannies and that God heals their hearts and comforts them.
- Pray for our paperwork - that we don't have any major issues and we move forward within a reasonable time frame.
- Pray for J and KJ that God prepares their hearts for the big change of adding a brother and sister to our family.
- Pray for Ryan and I that we trust The Lord through this process and depend on Him as we ache to bring our kids home.
Thank you!!
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