Well we have hit our first (and hopefully only) glitch in the road last Thursday. When we began our adoption paperwork everything was done to adopt one child. When we decided to adopt the three girls we had to switch some of the paperwork over. Well one piece of paperwork did not get switched over and that was our Power of Attorney form. In some places it states child and in others in says children. As you know our paperwork is in IBESR and they are the ones to notice the problem and kicked it out. The good part of this was that they were reviewing our paperwork, earlier than the three month wait. The bad news is that there is a problem with our POA.
So what does this all mean. We typed a new corrected form, had it signed, notarized, state sealed, translated, and sent to the Haitian consulate in Chicago to have it stamped. When it gets back from the consulate we will have it sent down to Haiti and they will start the paper trail all over again. First it has to go to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and then back to IBESR. We are hoping since it is only one piece of paper and not our entire dossier that it will go through more quickly, but we don't know. We are not sure if we are starting all over again with our paperwork or not.
As frustrating as this has all been, we are comforted knowing that this is all part of God's plan and we just have to be patient and trust in Him. As I have said before, His timing is perfect and the girls will come home exactly when they need to be with us. This has been God's plan all along and we trust in Him with this latest delay. Up to this point it has been all blessings and we trusted in His plan, so how can we not when the going gets tough. I honestly would have been freaking out right about now if it wasn't for our trust in the Lord.
So I just ask for your continued prayers, thus far they have been felt and I thank you for them. The one thing this has taught me is the depth of how bad I want the girls here. We will keep you updated as we hear more.
God Bless,
Allison
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3 comments:
Hang in there Shira family. You are right God does have this all planned out and when the girls need to be here, they will be, but some days that doesn't make the waiting any easier.
You remain in our thoughts & prayers.
Jon & Amy Machiela
Hi Allison,
I would doubt that your paperwork needs to start all over again. I have heard from other adoptive families that if a part of the paperwork is not correct (i.e. mis-spelling of a name, wrong date somewhere, etc), the paper is corrected and then re-submitted. I do not think the entire dossier is taken out of IBESR.
Cheryl
Hey guys---we were missing a signed police clearance and my folks had to drive to Lansing the day before we left to have something sealed, so we know what it feels like. You are in our prayers!!
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