Wednesday, October 10, 2012

She Made it to KINSHASA!!

Hey everyone!! I got some great news on October 5th!! I emailed the agency to find out if they knew when they might move my angel to the transition house.  I got a response stating "that they were moving some kiddos today and the rest over the weekend."  That meant that Amayah was being moved really soon.  I figured if she was the one moving that day I would have known, but later that day I found out she had made it safely to Kinshasa!!!! That made me super excited!!!  So not it looks like I will be receiving regular medical updates and pictures.  YAY! I get to see my little angel growing on a regular basis.

The transition house is where I will be picking her up from, but I still have a few other things I have to do.  I need to get my Visa and she will have an embassy appointment, get her passport, and her visa!!  Hopefully by first of December I will be traveling with my dad :) to pick up Amayah Grace!!!

I will write more soon when I get more information!!
 Continued prayers would be greatly appreciated!

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

The Journey has been AMAZING thus far....

The timeline of this Journey so far.....
January 25, 2012- Sent in for Adoption Application
February-March-filling out lots of paperwork for agency as well as the Homestudy.
April 26, 2012- Homestudy is ready to be picked up!!
May 22, 2012- Dossier packet was completely ready to be sent off....so off it went!!! :)
June 4th, 2012- The Dossier packet was sent to agency to be translated.

June 8, 2012- Got the BEST news EVER! My baby girl had been born on May 30th, and I received pictures of my angel!!!  Very big SMILES and tears of joy were shed!! So the waiting game began!
June 25, 2012- Sent off first care package!! (She needed some girlie clothes)
June 29, 2012- Dossier was sent off to Congo!!
July 12, 2012- Dossier submitted to court in Mbuji Mayi (waiting for judge to sign for approval)
August 2, 2012- 2nd round of Pictures
August 3, 2012- 2nd care package was sent off.
 August 13, 2012- I600 Fingerprints (my pinkies took forever to get good prints on!!)
August 25, 2012- My sister and I completed her room!(With the help of the nieces!)



September 1, 2012- 3rd care package was sent off.
September 5, 2012- 3rd Round of Pictures
September 7, 2012- Email stating  I should have judges signed approval the week of Sept. 21st.
September 22, 2012- The Email came!! I got the judges signed approval!!:)  MAJOR STEP!!
October 1, 2012- Got the news she is about to be moved to Kinshasa!!!! Huge step!!

So now it is October 2nd, and they are moving Amayah to the transition house by the end of this week.  Oh my goodness, I am so excited!!  The transition house is a house that my agency built in Kinshasa to bring the kiddos to, to get ready for their life with their new families and new home. It is also the time where they get some of the final processes done, like the passport, visa, and a few other things.  While she is there I will be receiving weekly updates of her height, weight, medical information, and pictures of my angel.  She will be there with about 20 other kiddos, 9 nannies, and 4 guards that are hired by the agency.  I am so thankful for her and I can't wait for the day to be getting on a plane to go get her.  I sent off another care package today!! :)
 

I will keep you posted as I hear more!! Thanks for your support!!

Love in Christ,
Chasity