Wednesday, April 3, 2013

INTRODUCING........

We are excited to announce on the blog that Isaiah K. Irwin officially became a part of our family. On Monday March 25, 2013 we passed court finally, we are a family of 4! My heart melts when I think about the day I will get to wrap my arms around his sweet neck!!
SOOOOO NOW WHAT? WHEN DOES HE COME HOME?!?
 
It will still be several months before we can bring him home, we have only passed court. COURT= The U.S. approving our adoption. Now the "process" is out of our hands, we no longer control how fast things move. Its all up to the Ghana government. The next steps are as follows:  Step 1: Since we have passed court we are waiting for our court decree to be printed. This could take a few weeks it could take a few months. We are in desprite need of prayer that everything is printed correctly. Step 2: Once we have the court decree in hand along with a other documents, we will file the I-600. I-600=The paperwork needed for the Ghana government to approve our adoption. We will file our I-600 stateside, we again wait for the approval. It could take a few weeks it could be a few months. The timing is all in Gods hands. So we have exited the easy part and entered the hard part of waiting!!
Here is our timeline so far with Isaiah: Referral in December. Dossier got in country in January. Court/passed in March. So we have been blessed to have been moving so fast, I pray it continues.
NOW WHAT?!?!?
We continue to fundraise! We ALMOST have this adoption completely funded, travel included! We need to earn about 3,500 more to be fully paid. It sounds like a lot but I faith it will provide quickly. I know we can do this, its getting warmer, the sun is shinning fundraising will be so much easier now :-) To keep up to date with our process, and fundraisers, and other things going on in our life keep an eye out on my Facebook news feed. I will post a new blog next time something exciting happens. Thank you all for your continued support and prayers!