Where Are We Right Now?

As far as we know, we have everything completed for our home study. We are waiting to hear back from our social worker on that. All documents for the dossier, except the home study and USCIS approval, are done, but still need certification by the Sec. of State’s office and then authenticated by the Chinese Consulate.

Adoption is full of ups and downs.  We had our first bump in the road this week when Brent took ten documents to the Sec. of State’s office for certification/apostille. Eight out of the ten documents needed certification, and they were all rejected because of wrong wording. The same wording was used on all of Mia’s documents, but apparently IL has since made changes concerning notaries. We are trying to get these all corrected today, and we will try to get them certified again next week. Please keep our adoption in your prayers. Specifically pray for our waiting child in China that he/she is getting enough to eat and is being kept warm this winter.

                                                                                      LORI