We have news! We finally have some movement to share! Yay!
We’ve known for a few weeks that things might be moving along a little
faster than we had anticipated but you just never know and putting it out there
on a blog just wasn’t a good idea. Don’t
jump ahead of me…..no, we don’t have our child’s information yet. One step at a time everyone!! Remember….we are adopting from Haiti. We love them but they are slow. Our official news is that our dossier
(that huge pile of papers that we collected for what seemed like FOREVER) has
been officially accepted into IBESR (the DEFACS of Haiti)!!! What?
That doesn’t sound very exciting?
Oh it is!! It is super
exciting!! In fact, this is a huge step
in our process! One of our
largest!! Haiti announced not long ago
that only one family can enter IBESR per month per agency and we were slotted
to be the October or November family.
Through many events we were notified in May that we could be the June family (gasp)!
It’s been a roller coaster of emotions but YES we were entered into
IBESR yesterday!! For once, our paperwork
was pushed UP faster than we had anticipated!
Whahoo!! We will celebrate this
step for sure!!
Ok, so what
everyone really wants to know is what
this means in the real world and what happens next. Honestly, that is a very
good question. Haiti is still working on
ratifying (changing) their adoption laws and nothing has been passed yet;
therefore, we do not know how the end of our process will even look and/or
timelines. We are taking it day by day
and with complete trust that God is in control.
What we DO know is that IBESR is where it all begins. They will be matching us with our child and they
will be handling the paperwork in the civil and state courts (Visa’s, birth
certificates, passports, etc). In regards to adoptions, it all begins and ends
with them. Our next step will be to
receive our referral (to be matched with our child). Did you hear that? It was my scream of
excitement! It is getting closer!
Our kiddos are
getting excited as well. Travis was home sick with a fever when the call came yet he got up and
hugged me tight when he heard. Ashley
was at a friend’s house and after texting the mom with the news the reply came
back that she was screaming and jumping up and down! They pray daily for this process to move
faster. It is hard to understand. Please
pray for their hearts to remain protected through all of this.
We hope you all
had a wonderful Father’s Day. We snuck
away for a few days at the beach to get away and to help with the wait. It was great time together and great time to
play, pray and relax. We snorkeled every
day, caught more things than you can imagine and had a blast exploring this
wonderful world our Father made. Thank
you again for joining us on this journey.
We are all learning to trust and rely more on our Heavenly Father than
we ever thought possible. Here are a few
pictures for you to enjoy. Blessings~
Proudly showing their 'finds'. 
Our last night on the beach (and because a family shot is basically impossible to get). 
Ashley's favorite thing to find of the whole trip. Isn't it beautiful! Our God makes beautiful things!
