Getting Closer

Hello!! :) I apologize for the lack of updates recently. Brandon and I have been busy as bees these days! We have been very blessed, especially with two adoptions in the works to have Brandon's business booming more than ever before. We both are seeing the flood gates open!! I have been busy with traveling, presentation for work and adoption paperwork. All of this to say, we are overdue on our updates to you all.

I'll start with Vietnam...Our agency has reaffirmed that Vietnam is NOT closed, regardless of what the media has to say. They are still taking the stance that this is all political posturing. Matches, referrals and traveling are still occurring for families in the Vietnam program. Our dossier is in Vietnam and until we are told otherwise, we are still awaiting a referral and then travel in about 20 months. Of course things are very uncertain, as is all International adoption but we cling to our faith in God and HIS plan for our lives!!! :)

On to Russia; since my last post we have submitted our I-600A to USCIS (as a refresher this is the document that gets us our fingerprint appt and preapproval to adopt an "orphan") So we are waiting for our fingerprint appt which will hopefully come in 2-3 weeks. Our final home study (in home) visit was yesterday! We spent 5 hours with our social worker. We were of course a little nervous but we had an absolutely wonderful visit. Our social worker was amazing and very informative! She will now write our home study, send it to us and our agency (FTIA) for us to look it over and then the final will be sent to us and USCIS to finish processing our preapproval. I have completed the majority of our paperwork with a couple notaries and state apostilles still needed. The last major hurdle we have is to finish our 10 hours of education which we will be working on finishing up this evening. When we finish that, we take a couple of test online and then our agency receives a certificate saying we have complied. Until that is done we cannot bring our lil one home. With all of the above still to do, I anticipate we will be on the list and waiting for our referral in 2-4 weeks. Anytime after we are on the list we can get our referral and then 5-10 days after we receive it, we TRAVEL to meet our daughter!!!!

LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST!!! We have decided on a name for her....Hadley Jo Leese. Until we meet her we just continue to pray and request prayers for her health, nurturing and safety. We KNOW God is holding her in His hands!!!

LOVE AND HUGS TO EVERYONE!!!!
xoxoxoox~
Robin and Brandon