Court tomorrow!

November 3, 2010 in Uncategorized

We just received word that all of our SDA paperwork is complete and will be on the train tonight. This means that our court hearing should go on tomorrow as planned! Praise God. . . it is this precious girl’s last night as an orphan.

Please pray that all goes smoothly with our hearing and that God gives us favor in the eyes of the judge who will be deciding our case.

Our 2010 Ukraine Adoption Timeline

March 26 - Begin gathering homestudy and dossier documents
March 31 - Sign contract with homestudy agency, begin filling out paperwork
May 7 - File I-600a (without completed homestudy)
May 21 - Second homestudy interviews, turned in all documents
July 12 - Decided to add Down syndrome to our homestudy
July 16 - Third homestudy interview to approve us for a child with Down syndrome
July 26 - Homestudy finalized and overnighted to USCIS!
July 31- Received USCIS fingerprint date of August 26
August 13 - USCIS Fingerprinting (walk-in)
August 19 - USCIS I-600a approval
August 20 - Commit to adopting Vika
August 28 - Receive I-171h
August 30 - All apostilles done, ship dossier to Eastern Europe
September 2 - Dossier arrives in EE
September 16 - Dosser submitted
October 5 - Receive appointment date of October 25 to get Vika's referral!
October 22 - Leave for EE
October 25 - SDA appointment
October 28 - We meet Vika
November 4 - 1st Court hearing
November 5 - Court decree read- Happy Adoption Day!!
November 17 - I take custody of Vika
November 19 - Receive Vika's Visa at US Embassy
November 20 - HOME!

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November 3, 2010 at 6:42 am

Lonnalee

praise the Lord! we are praying!
Loves!

November 3, 2010 at 7:33 am

Diana Fil

So exciting that everything is still on schedule. We serve a BIG God!

November 3, 2010 at 7:55 am

Steph

My prayers are with you. Vika is adorable.

November 3, 2010 at 9:43 am

allison

YAY!!!!!!!!! Praise the Lord!!!!!!!

November 3, 2010 at 11:59 am

stef

yay!!!! this is great news!

November 3, 2010 at 12:59 pm

Fern Stark

if you need more help i just got word of a couple there…i wish i had known about this before! i am on your subscribed list for my email. very excited for you all, praying for good news…

November 4, 2010 at 10:22 am

iwillcometoyou

Thanks, Fern! We are doing really well and planning to head home on Saturday. If I have any issues on my next trip, I will check in with you! We appreciate the prayers.

November 3, 2010 at 3:42 pm

Heidi