Hey everyone. Just thought I'd give you a brief update. We sent in our dossier on Wednesday afternoon to our adoption agency. The dossier included ALL the paper work we had to have filled out. It was between 65 and 80 pages. It arrived Thursday morning in Virginia (where our adoption agency is located) by 10:30am. Our adoption coordinator (Laurel) spent all day Thursday reviewing our dossier to insure everything was correct. We received a call at 5:05pm on Thursday with the news that "all looks great in our dossier." She went in to say that the tentative date our dossier will be sent to Ethiopia will be December 12. We assume that date is due to the US government having to approve what the states of Illinois, Iowa, and Minnesota approved, and secondly, that America World (our adoption agency) is collecting other dossiers in which they will send to Ethiopia together. Laurel also told us that we can EXPECT 3 to 7 months from the date the dossier arrives in Ethiopia until we receive a referral (A referral is a baby that fits our perimeters, medical history, and bio- if a bio is available). Upon us approving the referral, we will then head to Addis Ababa 6 to 8 weeks later to finalize the adoption.
So, as usual, another hurdle has been passed, we have been greatly encouraged, and yet there is still a good level of uncertainty-in-waiting. We still hope March-April, but could be August before our son arrives home. That's it for now. Thanks for celebrating this next step with us!
Because He is worthy!
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