This morning I made a call to our adoption counselor (Jill) to see what the next step in our adoption process will be. The next step would be to send our paperwork to the Philippines and wait for their government to grant us custody of the children. Well, that step has already been done...several months ago as a matter of fact. We do have legal custody of the children. The problem is, the dates on the documents granting us custody precede the date when immigration services implemented the new procedure here in the U.S. We don't know if immigration will accept the "custody documents" that we have or will ask us to repeat this step in order to get new documents with new dates. This would mean sending the paperwork to the Philippines (again) and waiting for them to review our case (again)... Either way, it takes time. Jill said to check back in a week to see how things are progressing. (A WEEK!??) She went ahead and sent the current documents to immigration in hopes that they will accept them as is. Of course, we covet your prayers in this matter.
On a brighter note, we talked to our kids last night! They sounded really good... but anxious to come! Roselyn asked a lot of questions about school and her schedule. I think the thought of entering a large American public school is very frightening to her. I don't blame her one bit. She also asked a lot of questions about our church and the youth group. All I can say about the boys is that they just sounded so cute!
That's the update for today. I'll keep you posted.
3 comments:
Mary! Thanks for the update. I'll keep you guys in my prayers. :)
Hi Mary... I know how hard it is too wait. We are praying for you guys. Brenda
Mary, I am praying that the Phil. govt. will see your intentions in providing the information when you did. Roselyn will need support at first and it may be good for her to talk about that with one of the daughters of the nurses that is graduating in Dec. but would be a great support to Roselyn in her first few months. She shared with me her first observations. There was a wonderful counsellor that helped also. Talk to you soon! Rox
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