"We Hope For What We Do Not Have, We Wait For It Patiently!" ~ Romans 8:25

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Entering IBESR

                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!  


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