Dossier

Hooray! Our dossier is in!

We dropped it off at our agency yesterday. In a couple of weeks our dossier will be authenticated here by the Minnesota Secretary of State and in Washington, D.C. by the U.S. Department of State and the Ethiopian Embassy before making its way to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In Addis, it will be authenticated once more by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and translated into Amharic (one of the most widely spoken/written Ethiopian languages). After that we wait for the referral of a child. It might be around 4 months when the referral comes, but that is an estimate. International Adoption can be fairly unpredictable. For those of you who don't already know, we are open to gender and open to twins. The referral will most likely be for a child 0-6 months old.

Also we have recently filed our I-600A which is the Application for Advance Processing of Orphan Petition for the U.S. government. Soon they should be sending us the time and date for our FBI fingerprinting appointment.

On Thursday, I got my 2nd shot for the Hep A and B series. Only one more to go! Jerry needs to get in for his...he may be procrastinating.

Thank you for your interest in our adoption! Your support, love, and prayers mean the world to us.