We received an email today from CHSFS letting us know that all of our paperwork has been gathered and handed over to our placement social worker. She will go over all of our file, review it backwards and forwards and let us know when/if we are approved to adopt through their agency. She will also be the one that will match us with our child/children (what a huge job)! The agency said it will take around a week for her to fully review all of the information she has, then she will finalization our approval with FCCA and we will receive our final dossier documents.
Apparently there are only two or three items that take little more than a signature from us, notarization, and state certification (done down in Sacramento). Once that is complete, we Fed Ex our completed dossier to CHSFS and they review it, gather our placement deposit funds and send it off to Ethiopia.
Unbelievably, Garrett and I have accumulated enough funds to move forward with this huge step and once it is completed we will officially be on the wait list!
Just today over 4 families received referrals of infants and toddlers from Ethiopia! What a tremendous gift for the holidays. It is strange how I have begun to form bonds with others in our same situation. There is such a joy that comes in knowing that another child has found a home and that another couples dream has come true! Love knows no boundaries and like any family made of flesh and blood, these families would and will travel across the world for their children to bring them home. By the grace of God, these families will finally been united!
It makes the wait easier, knowing that every day, families are being built!
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