Our agency posted a slide-show of all their photographs from their recent trip to Ethiopia. Each agency works with particular orphanages–and these are from those that our agency works with. So I emailed Lisa, our contact there, to ask if by any chance the children in the photographs would be ones up for adoption. (ie. [...]
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Could They Be The Ones?
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This is a journal of our recent journey to adopt two children from Ethiopia.Feel free to leave a comment and say hello! Thanks for being a part of this with us.
-Nate and Sara
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Our Adoption Timeline
November 2004
First talk of African Adoption
Circa 9/10/07
Decision to adopt
Circa 9/28/07
Decision to adopt from Ethiopia
10/1/07
Research adoption agencies
10/22/07
Application mailed
10/28/07
Accepted to Ethiopia program!
10/30/07
Paper-chase begins ...
11/19/07
First Home Study Visit
11/27/07
Second Home Study Visit
(3 total)
1/21/08
Final Home Study Visit
Home Study Complete!
2/6/08
Submitted I-600A for Immigration
2/21/08
Fingerprints submitted for USCIS
4/2/08
Our Agency solves their licensure issue
5/13/08
Our Kids Are "Pre-Approved" For Immigration By USCIS
9/08/08
Switched Adoption Agencies
3/24/09
Received our incredible referral
5/19/09
Court Date Assigned: June 9
5/21/09
Court Date Corrected: June 12
6/9/09
WE PASSED COURT!
(Three days early)
7/1/09
Embassy Date Assigned!
(July 15th) & Travel booked...
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