We are very close to bringing our daughter home! We have hit a new little "hiccup" if you will, but I'm not surprised. International adoption is filled with these types of things.
The issue is that our original homestudy had age parameters for a child 0-30 months. Since we found out about little E, we assume she is closer to 36 months old and we updated our file to include a child up to her age. We actually completed the update back in March, however our file was never updated by our adoption agency in our official paperwork that was sent to Ethiopia. Obviously this was an accident.
Once we were made aware of this error, we had a new social worker to our house for a homestudy. I over-nighted the homestudy addendum along with other paperwork to the government, made numerous phone calls, and contacted 2 senators.
Whew, I'm exhausted!
We are aching to bring our daughter home and this is the last hurdle we must jump through (I hope!).
Please pray that we find out later this week that we have clearance to bring our girl home. We really miss her and can't wait to have our family complete.
Yesterday at church our pastor spoke on the topic of "orphaned life." It obviously hit close to home for our family, and we are so excited to be a part of a new ministry geared towards foster/adoption/child sponsorship. I wanted to share a video that was shown during service, too.
Watch it Here....
I also want to thank everyone who has been following this 2 year journey our family has been on. We are so close to sharing the joy of E with you all so very soon!
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