Okay...I have caught up on posts and now know why you are doing this. I will be praying for you...today for the first time I heard of the older kids getting bone scans to determine whether they were 16 or not. I am angry, as why wouldn't they want 16 year olds to be matched with a willing, loving family. I am in prayer and am spitting mad at the enemy who is trying to do evil. We all know God of course is bigger and Sovereign over all...we will join you in believing God for your son.
Bill, MaryKay, Seth (15), and Alex (12). We added two more boys to our family: Obsi, 14 and Tamirat, 12 from Ethiopia. We brought Tamirat home the end April 2010 and Obsi came home in July of 2010.
September 21, 2009 Sent out Adoption Application to CCI
September 25 Sent out Home Study papers
October 1 Mailed CCI Contract with fees
October 29 Home Study visit
November 3 Received rough draft of Home Study Report
November 20 Received Notarized Home Study
November 21 Mailed I600a
Nov 25 Received Police Certificate.
December 5 Dossier received with State Seal from Madison
December 7 Dossier off to Asst. Stork
December 10 Asst. Stork mailed Dossier to FL
December 14 CCI received our Dossier
December 15 Our Dossier is sent to Ethiopia
January 25, 2010 Biometrics Appointment at USCIS
Febuary 10 Received I-171H
February 22 T is being submitted to court
March 1 Our court date is set for March 11
March 11 MOWA letter didn't make it.
March 24 Tamirat is ours!
May 31st, Obsi is ours!
July 15th Embassy appt., visa denied
July 16th Obsi is granted his visa
FACTS
Full name: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Population: 85.2 million (UN, 2008) Capital: Addis Ababa Area: 1.13 million sq km (437,794 sq miles) Major languages: Amharic, Oromo, Tigrinya, Somali Major religions: Christianity, Islam Life expectancy: 52 years (men), 54 years (women) (UN) Monetary unit: 1 Birr = 100 cents Main exports: Coffee, hides, oilseeds, beeswax, sugarcane GNI per capita: US $220 (World Bank, 2007) Internet domain: .et International dialling code: +251
wondering...are you doing this to determine age? We are unsure of the process to change Simenesh's age from 10 to 13 (what she says she really is)...
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mama to 8
one homemade and 7 adopted
Okay...I have caught up on posts and now know why you are doing this. I will be praying for you...today for the first time I heard of the older kids getting bone scans to determine whether they were 16 or not. I am angry, as why wouldn't they want 16 year olds to be matched with a willing, loving family. I am in prayer and am spitting mad at the enemy who is trying to do evil. We all know God of course is bigger and Sovereign over all...we will join you in believing God for your son.
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Kimmie
mama to 8
one homemade and 7 adopted