OUR JOURNEY: June 2009

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Take a minute!

Take a minute and take a look at these beautiful necklaces our good friends Mark and Wendi are making to help support their adoption. We received ours and they are beautiful. Hand made sterling silver Africa pendents.

http://www.mwasilver.etsy.com/

Adoption Timeline

January 11, 2009 - Arrive back home to the USA
January 6, 2009 - Embassy Date
December 15, 2008 - Meet Tegegn
December 12, 2008 - Travel to Ethiopia via Indy to Detroit to Amsterdam to Sudan to Ethiopia
November 25, 2008 - Court date in Ethiopia
July 1, 2008 - Notified CWA that we are going to be his parents forever
June 30, 2008 - Received second medical reports (he is growing!)
June 23, 2008 - Confirmed that baby boy has been moved to CWA foster care center in Addis Ababa
June 17, 2008 - Dossier has been translated into Amharic
June 9, 2008 - Dossier arrived in Ethiopia
May 30, 2008 - Received a call from Caring Hands saying the documents are being sent to Ethiopia
May 28, 2008 - Received our REFERRAL!!!
May 23, 2008 - Sent official dossier to Washington DC for authentication
May 22, 2008 - Fingerprints at the USCIS office for FBI clearance
May 21, 2008 - Received approval from CWA that dossier is approved
May 17, 2008 - Sent copies of dossier to CWA in NC for approval
May 16, 2008 - Picked up home study and documents from Bethany for dossier
May 8, 2008 - CWA approves home study
April 30, 2008 - Home study was approved
April 16, 2008 - Mailed I-600A to USCIS office in Indianapolis
April 15, 2008 - Home study
April 14, 2008 - Education session at Bethany for home study
April 11, 2008 - Appointment at Travel Clinic for all of our shots
April 9, 2008 - Doctor Appointment for dossier
April 5, 2008 - Completed Hague Training
April 1, 2008 - Received 2nd round of hepitis A&B shots, a meningitis shot, and TB test
March 17, 2008 - Fist home study session
March 3, 2008 - Talked to social worker and scheduled our first meeting for our home study
February 27, 2008 - Went to the Police Station to obtain clearnace letters for the home study and the dossier
February 26, 2008 - Bethany Agency of Indiana received our documents to start our home study
February 22, 2008 - Received items back from the Secretary of State
February 21, 2008 - Received Sarah's passport with "Ponsler" last name
February 18, 2008 - Mailed documents to Secretary of State for Authentication
February 17, 2008 - Completed Adoption Parenting Test (2 hours of credit)
February 11, 2008 - Received packet from CWA for all paperwork
February 8, 2008 - Mailed contract to CWA
February 6, 2008 - Attended CWA "webinar" orientation
February 5, 2008 - Found out we are approved to adopt from Ethiopia
February 2, 2008 - Submitted Application to CWA Agency
January 29, 2008 - Name change for Sarah's passport

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