Wow! I've been a bum blogger as of late...but I have a good excuse....I promise! A few weeks ago, we finally got everything in order to send off to USCIS. We had to have our completed home study, copies of birth certificates, and marriage certificate all packaged up and sent to U.S. Immigration. This is actually a BIG deal because once sending of this application, we were told that we could begin working on our dossier paperwork! Soooooo, for the last couple of weeks, I have been furiously gathering paperwork and getting this thing ready! The reason we are so excited to be at this stage is that the dossier is the last major thing
we do before waiting for a referral of a child! Now, this does not mean that we send off the dossier and...POOF!....we have a baby. But, it
is the last major step until the wait begins to be matched with our baby. Basically, for the dossier, we compile this chunk of papers that consists of lots and lots of notarized papers. (multiple copies of original birth certificates, marriage certificates, references, power of attorney, ...........) Then, our agency sends this to the courts in Uganda. After it has been processed, we will go on a waiting list to be matched with a child. The wait could be a few months or many months, but we know that it is in God's hands.
So, as of this moment, we are trying to get all the dossier paperwork together so that we can have it ready when we get our USCIS (Immigration) paperwork back. Hopefully we will have it ready and can go ahead and send it to our agency and get this thing sent to UGANDA! I'm so ready to get this baby home! So for now, I will leave you with this lovely verse that speaks from my heart (found on Etsy). Although my child is physically in another country, I have been carrying them in my heart for a very long time. I'm ready to have them in my arms!
