Ethiopia

We still pray for things to work out with the other families waiting for Zambia, but at this point adoptions are still not proceeding. I have been the one holding out hope and Javier, being from a third world country himself, has been much more skeptical. For multiple reasons and after much prayer and waiting, we have decided to switch to Ethiopia. The last week in November I started working on our dossier (a boat load of legal paperwork that is needed to make the adoption final in Ethiopia). Monday, December 10 we got it all certified at the Secretary of State's office and then off in the mail to Washington DC. From there it will go to the US State Department and to the Ethiopian Embassy. Once it clears their offices, it will be sent to Ethiopia for translation. The kids have been troopers while I have worked hard to get all of these documents gathered, notarized and certified.

We are excited to think that our boys are in Ethiopia. We can't wait to see their pictures and receive our referral. Luckily, this new agency is pretty fast. We should have our boys by summer, but we are hoping sooner.