God has brought me laughter: My theme song

Thursday, May 14, 2009

My theme song

We are still waiting to hear from H's social worker about when we will get to meet her and what the plan will be for her transition to our home. For the past ten months, "While I'm Waiting" from the movie Fireproof, has been my theme song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3b2jw1rjBc&feature=related I was hoping that I could change my tune, but I guess not yet.

We emailed H's social worker on Monday to ask about clothing sizes, etc. I emailed again on Tuesday, as after polling my LLL colleagues I discovered that I need to know H's weight before we can shop for a car seat. No response.

Yesterday I attended the What About Me Conference on Adoption which was great. (I would be happy to make copies of the handouts for anyone interested.) The morning session was geared to social workers and the afternoon session for educators. The groups were combined for lunch, so I ended up having lunch with K, our social worker. K asked if we had heard from H's worker and when I said NO, she said she would try contacting her... We still haven't heard anything.

So, "I'm waiting, waiting on you Lord, but I am hopeful..."

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Timeline to Juliana

December 13, 2012 On our way home!!!!
December 11, 2012 Consulate Date
December 4, 2012 Adoption Finalized
December 3, 2012 Gotcha Day!
November 28, 2012 On our way to CHINA!
November 8, 2012 Travel Approva!!
October 30, 2012 Article 5 Picked up and sent to Beijing
October 19, 2012 Steve, Kathy & Hailie's visas arrive
October 12, 2012 NVC appoval forwarded to US Consulate in Guangzhou, China
October 11, 2012 Our visa applications are submitted to the consulate
October 3, 2012 I-800 Provisional Approval granted. We received it by mail on October 9.
September 24, 2012 Letter of Acceptance arrived from China
July 25, 2012 Log In Date received from CCCWA
July 18, 2012 Dossier verified and authenticated through the US State Department and the Chinese Consulate and on it's way to China
June 28, 2012 All our documents (except our I-800A approval which is still at the Secretary of State for verification) are at the Chinese Embassy at D.C. now for authentication.
June 18, 2012 Received approval of I- 797
June 6, 2012 Went to USCIS for fingerprints
May 10, 2012 Homestudy Approved, accepted into the China program, I-800A application and supporting documents submitted to USCIS
April 21, 2012- 2nd Homestudy visit
April 19, 2012- Finished our last parenting class
March 24, 2012- 1st Homestudy visit
March 15, 2012- Received our Pre-Approval
March 11, 2012- Submitted Rehabilitation and Nurture Plan for Pre-Approval
February 27, 2012- Told agency we were interested in adopting “Juliana.”
February 14, 2012- Kathy requests file for “Juliana.”
June 18, 2011- Kathy requests password for WACAP waiting child website and begins sharing pictures of waiting children with Steve.
May 2011- After friends begin the adoption process for a 10 year old girl from China, Kathy reads article about the sad lives of orphans who age out of the system without ever getting a forever family, a serious problem worldwide, but with special implications in China. Kathy feels God moving us to add a daughter to our family.
January 3, 2011- After much prayer and thought we decided that, at that time, it was not in the best interests of either girl to introduce any further disruptions, but it did open Kathy’s heart to considering another child.
December 2010- We are asked to consider adopting Hailie’s sister.