Step by Step

Yesterday I had some time at work to search adoption blogs. I told my husband I like to read blogs because I'm looking for information, for other families' timelines, for homecomings (confirming that the children do really come home!) and for reassurance.  What I found was mostly disappointing: other families in the same position, having the same feelings, the same thoughts, the same frustrations, similar miscommunications, basically on the same rollercoaster.  I did find a few with joyous homecomings, yet only after a long arduous process and wait!  I got home from work believing that I better just throw my timeline in the garbage because there really is no predicting anything. 

As I was contemplating going to bed while Ryan was working hard on our taxes, he let me know we had an email from Amy.  My heart always skips a beat when those emails come in.  She was told yesterday that Carson was going in today for a 9am appt for verification of his passport!   We also received our updated homestudy yesterday for the USCIS office and was able to mail that in today!

Does this mean MOI has approved us and is now going to print his passport?  After verification today, I believe this is what it means!  From the reading I've done, it seems to take 2-3 weeks to get a passport printed.  From there, Carson will then get his medical exam, documents will be translated to English and all papers will be sent to the USCIS office in Port au Prince, Haiti.  By that time, we hope that USCIS will have reviewed our updated homestudy and given us the final approval as well.  Then they review everything and give us a VISA appt, this will indicate when we travel.  From what I've read, getting this final approval and VISA appt can take a few weeks or a few months. 

Soooo, day by day, little by little, step by step we go...  my faith tells me there is an end in sight--God is good and He is in control, my heart tells me it feels like it will never end...

Please continue to pray. 
Sincerely,
Elizabeth