WHEN ARE THEY COMING??

"When are they coming??" I get asked this question several times every day. Believe me, I wish I could give a date and start making plans! If you know me at all, you know that I am a calendar freak and love to know when and where I am going (at least six months out)! We were told that it often takes about four months after receiving the referral from the Philippine adoption board. That happened at the end of April...which would put us near the end of August. That does not account for long delays in paperwork or unexpected roadblocks that might come up. On the other hand, (except for the fingerprint fiasco) the whole thing has been moving along more quickly than we might have expected.

This week we will be sending paperwork and legal documents (sent from the Philippines) to begin processing the immigration piece of this process. If you remember, we are heading down to the US Customs and Immigration Services in St. Paul to get our biometrics taken tomorrow morning. This is also part of the immigration paperwork that has to be processed and approved. To be honest, when I talk with our adoption counselor about all the hoops we need to jump through, I still get a bit confused. So basically, we just do what we are told as quickly as we can and wait for the next assignment. It is the "hurry up and wait" drill. Having said that, it is very good that we are now talking about customs and immigration. This step can take up to 90 days, but recently, it has taken some families closer to 60 days. We'll see. I would like for our kids to come sooner than later, but I also believe that God's timing is perfect, and either way, it will all work out just fine. We are still very hopeful that they will be here for the start of the school year. Thanks for your interest and keep posted! As we get closer to the "pick-up" date, we'll have a better idea of specific dates.