Our progress in the adoption process
Early 2010 -- begin to pray about, talk about, read about & research this thing called adoption.... Is this God's plan for our family?
September 2010 -- pay the initial registration fee to the NB agency that coordinates international adoptions
October 2010 -- attend the weekend training session in Fredericton, NB, required by NB for international adoptive parents
January 2011 -- fingerprinting done
February 2011 -- medicals done
March 2011 -- seeking new ministry position, so due to potential relocation out of the province, we decided not to start the home study process yet
April 2011 -- our hearts are still yearning to adopt when God settles our family in a new ministry
November 2011 -- packing, moving, relocating, settling....
March 26, 2012 -- received preliminary information from adoption agency 1
April 13, 2012 -- visited agency 1
May 4, 2012 -- mailed application and registration fee to agency 1
May 15, 2012 -- FBI fingerprinting done; received packet of home study paperwork from agency 1
May 23, 2012 -- more fingerprinting done for clearances
June 4, 2012 -- received criminal clearances back from the different states we have lived in
June 5, 2012 -- Abby completes Hague-Compliant 10 hour online training for international adoption
June 6, 2012 -- medicals done
July 6, 2012 -- John completes Hague-Compliant 10 hour online training for international adoption
July 31, 2012 -- submit formal application to local home study agency 2
July 31, 2012 -- sign contract with international adoption agency 3 for Ethiopia program
September 8, 2012 -- first home study visit
September 22, 2012 -- second home study visit
October 8, 2012 -- third home study visit
October 13, 2012 -- fourth (and last!) home study visit
November 9, 2012 -- International Adoption Training Sessions
December 14, 2012 -- Completed and Approved Home Study in hand!
December 18, 2012 -- sent in I-600A to USCIS
January 16, 2013 -- USCIS Biometrics Appointment
January 21, 2013 -- USCIS approval (immigration)
February 12, 2013 -- most of our dossier has been state certified, but a few documents need redone...
February 12, 2013 -- received notice that we have been approved for a no-interest adoption loan through ABBA Fund!
February 25, 2013 -- we have been approved for a second no-interest adoption loan through Pathways for Little Feet
March 18, 2013 -- sent most of our dossier to our social worker; getting medicals & state police clearances redone because they are set to expire this summer
April 4, 2013 -- After having to redo nearly a dozen documents because they are too close to expiring, we sent them back to Harrisburg for state certification. When they return, our dossier should. be. done.
April 15, 2013 -- Dossier arrived in Kansas to our social worker! She will send it to DC for authentication. Four week time-frame until it arrives in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
May 13, 2013 -- receive letter in the mail from Show Hope -- approved for $4000 adoption grant!
May 24 - 25, 2013 -- adoption fundraiser yard sale brought in $2550!
June 13, 2013 -- approved for another adoption grant to the tune of $3000!
February 4, 2014 -- we learn that our family is #1 on the wait list for a little girl between the ages of 0-4!
March 2014 -- redo 3 different criminal checks and physicals for the whole family in anticipation of updating our home study
March 11, 2014 -- Appointment at USCIS to re-do our fingerprints
April 16 & June 4, 2014 -- two home visits with our social worker to update our home study
June 19, 2014 -- referral of a 10 month old baby girl!!!
September 2010 -- pay the initial registration fee to the NB agency that coordinates international adoptions
October 2010 -- attend the weekend training session in Fredericton, NB, required by NB for international adoptive parents
January 2011 -- fingerprinting done
February 2011 -- medicals done
March 2011 -- seeking new ministry position, so due to potential relocation out of the province, we decided not to start the home study process yet
April 2011 -- our hearts are still yearning to adopt when God settles our family in a new ministry
November 2011 -- packing, moving, relocating, settling....
March 26, 2012 -- received preliminary information from adoption agency 1
April 13, 2012 -- visited agency 1
May 4, 2012 -- mailed application and registration fee to agency 1
May 15, 2012 -- FBI fingerprinting done; received packet of home study paperwork from agency 1
May 23, 2012 -- more fingerprinting done for clearances
June 4, 2012 -- received criminal clearances back from the different states we have lived in
June 5, 2012 -- Abby completes Hague-Compliant 10 hour online training for international adoption
June 6, 2012 -- medicals done
July 6, 2012 -- John completes Hague-Compliant 10 hour online training for international adoption
July 31, 2012 -- submit formal application to local home study agency 2
July 31, 2012 -- sign contract with international adoption agency 3 for Ethiopia program
September 8, 2012 -- first home study visit
September 22, 2012 -- second home study visit
October 8, 2012 -- third home study visit
October 13, 2012 -- fourth (and last!) home study visit
November 9, 2012 -- International Adoption Training Sessions
December 14, 2012 -- Completed and Approved Home Study in hand!
December 18, 2012 -- sent in I-600A to USCIS
January 16, 2013 -- USCIS Biometrics Appointment
January 21, 2013 -- USCIS approval (immigration)
February 12, 2013 -- most of our dossier has been state certified, but a few documents need redone...
February 12, 2013 -- received notice that we have been approved for a no-interest adoption loan through ABBA Fund!
February 25, 2013 -- we have been approved for a second no-interest adoption loan through Pathways for Little Feet
March 18, 2013 -- sent most of our dossier to our social worker; getting medicals & state police clearances redone because they are set to expire this summer
April 4, 2013 -- After having to redo nearly a dozen documents because they are too close to expiring, we sent them back to Harrisburg for state certification. When they return, our dossier should. be. done.
April 15, 2013 -- Dossier arrived in Kansas to our social worker! She will send it to DC for authentication. Four week time-frame until it arrives in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
May 13, 2013 -- receive letter in the mail from Show Hope -- approved for $4000 adoption grant!
May 24 - 25, 2013 -- adoption fundraiser yard sale brought in $2550!
June 13, 2013 -- approved for another adoption grant to the tune of $3000!
February 4, 2014 -- we learn that our family is #1 on the wait list for a little girl between the ages of 0-4!
March 2014 -- redo 3 different criminal checks and physicals for the whole family in anticipation of updating our home study
March 11, 2014 -- Appointment at USCIS to re-do our fingerprints
April 16 & June 4, 2014 -- two home visits with our social worker to update our home study
June 19, 2014 -- referral of a 10 month old baby girl!!!
