Do You See That Light At The End Of The Tunnel?

Paperwork and adoptwaiting go hand and hand.

The final step is for us to get an embassy appointment in Ethiopia. At that meeting they will meet with the boys and us and grant the boys visa’s to travel to the US with us. In order to get that meeting, our agency has to submit our application, which includes all kinds of paperwork. Once the embassy receives that paperwork they review it to make certain everything is correct and there. If all the paperwork is accounted for and in order the embassy will grant us clearance to travel and we will get an appointment. If there is missing paperwork. Or errors the embassy will request new paperwork. The new paperwork is submitted. The embassy again reviews this and either grants clearance or proceeds to request further information. And so the cycle goes until everything is in order.

We found out that we were submitted to the embassy yesterday. So we are waiting and praying that everything is in order in our file and no further paperwork will be needed. But even if more paperwork is needed, we know it is for the protection of the children. So even though that does not always make the waiting any easier, we are in support of having these kinds of checks and balances.

We are thankful that we have reached this place in our adoptwaiting journey. The end is closer than it was the last time I blogged. Even if we have to wait because more documentation is needed, we are still near the end of this part of our journey. Feel free to remind me of that if I whine about having to wait longer. : )