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Sunday, October 4, 2009

Waiting...

Just wanted to send out a quick update on how things are progressing with Marek. As of mid-August, we are officially on the waiting list! This means that we have been approved by Gladney, and our government and all of our paperwork is being processed with Ethiopia's government/leadership. As of right now, the average wait time is 8 months (Currently the longest waiting family is 8 months) for a baby boy from 0-12 months. By this scale, we hope to receive an official referral to a child sometime around March/April. Upon referral, court dates must be established in Ethiopia which can take anywhere from 2-6 weeks...then, it is travel time!


In the meantime, we are going through numerous hours of training that is required by Hague regulations. We are also in the process of applying for some grants to help offset the remaining expenses. International adoption is expensive BUT God has blown us away by how He has provided. At the end of the day, we KNOW it is Him...and this is just the way we like it! We are looking forward to Him continuing to amaze us as He provides the remaining money. To HIM be the glory!

Please forgive us if we are slow to update during this wait time. According to most people we have talked to that have already been through this process, the waiting time is the hardest. All of the paperwork is being processed behind the scenes and we will likely not hear anything from anyone until the phone rings one day with a sweet voice telling us that we have a baby! You will probably hear us screaming with excitement upon this call! Oh, how we look forward to that day...

Thanks for checking in on us...we love you!