We both breathed a huge sigh of relief as we pulled out of the Office Depot parking lot this afternoon. Our paperwork is finally complete and on its way to Russia, via our agency!
Yesterday, we made the 2 1/2 hour trip to Tallahassee to get the rest of our documents apostilled (certified by the Secretary of State). On our way, we prayed that we would find favor with the person working. She looked through our documents, and told us there was something missing on most of our notarizations: they were supposed to say "ID provided for verification." But she said she was willing to apostille them anyway. What a quick and clear answer to prayer! We were so grateful. She told us she often has people crying in her office after finding out they need to re-do their documents. Thankfully, we didn't become one of those tearful couples!
Today we went to Office Depot to make 4 sets of copies of our 25 documents (each document is at least two pages long). As you can imagine, we were standing there for quite awhile! We sent the originals and 3 sets of copies to our agency, and kept one set for ourselves. We dropped them in a UPS box, and they are now in the mail. Please join us in praying that we would continue to find favor with each person who handles our documents, and that the process would move relatively quickly.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Please pray for our agency reaccreditation
Some of you may have seen an article in the USA Today yesterday about Russian adoption. If you missed it, you can read it here: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-04-10-russia-adoptions_N.htm?csp=34
Essentially, the article makes it sound like Russia is no longer allowing Americans to adopt. But that's not quite the whole story.
For several months, Russia has been in the process of reaccrediting the American agencies that work with them to facilitate adoptions. There are a number of agencies that have worked there in the past, and Russia started requiring new paperwork from each agency to allow them to continue. Yesterday, when the article was published, the last 3 agencies with current accreditation had them expire.
America World works with a partner agency to facilitate adoptions in Russia. The partner agency has been in the process of reaccreditation for several months now, and has been told it should be completed sometime in May. Basically, Russia continues to request new documentation, and so the process has become a bit drawn out.
America is World is confident that reaccreditation will happen sometime in the near future. But it's never possible to predict the actions of the government in another country! Would you join us in praying that our agency will be reaccredited quickly, so that our adoption process will not be hindered in any way? So far, it hasn't affected our timing at all, but it will start to in the next month or two.
Oh, and our home study report is on the way to us in the mail right now! I'll type another update when all of our paperwork is officially complete and on the way to America World. That should happen in the next 10 days or so!
Essentially, the article makes it sound like Russia is no longer allowing Americans to adopt. But that's not quite the whole story.
For several months, Russia has been in the process of reaccrediting the American agencies that work with them to facilitate adoptions. There are a number of agencies that have worked there in the past, and Russia started requiring new paperwork from each agency to allow them to continue. Yesterday, when the article was published, the last 3 agencies with current accreditation had them expire.
America World works with a partner agency to facilitate adoptions in Russia. The partner agency has been in the process of reaccreditation for several months now, and has been told it should be completed sometime in May. Basically, Russia continues to request new documentation, and so the process has become a bit drawn out.
America is World is confident that reaccreditation will happen sometime in the near future. But it's never possible to predict the actions of the government in another country! Would you join us in praying that our agency will be reaccredited quickly, so that our adoption process will not be hindered in any way? So far, it hasn't affected our timing at all, but it will start to in the next month or two.
Oh, and our home study report is on the way to us in the mail right now! I'll type another update when all of our paperwork is officially complete and on the way to America World. That should happen in the next 10 days or so!
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