Confusion

Me, Adeline, Lovely, Brian, Walker, Ellie, and Brison

We got some great news about our adoption, out paperwork is moving super fast! We made it through the courts in three weeks. The only problem is that I thought we were past this point already. I thought we were moving onto MOI after Parquet, but I midread my information. After Parquet (which it left on December 31, 2007) it moved onto the courts (which it left last Friday, the 25th). This the email we got last Friday...

From LaDawn (at the Bethany main office) - Great news to start the morning ... the Shira dossier is through in the courts, and is moving on for the Attestation Signatures on the girls' Acts of Adoption today! Once the Attestation Signatures have been received, the adoption documents all need to be legalized, and then GLA can apply for the girls' passports. The Shira are another step closer to having their daughters at home! A big Congratulations to them!!!

From Léa (at GLA)- This has to be the fastest adoption I've seen! I am sending this dossier for attestation signature tomorrow. I am happy for Brian and Allison!

So we are very happy about the progress of our paperwork, we just thought it was in a different spot. I don't know how long the attestation signature takes and then the documents have to be legalized. THEN the paperwork goes to MOI (see last blog entry about this).

Praise God for sending our paperwork through as quickly as He has! Hopefully the girls will be home sometime this Spring!

We got to visit friends who recently brought home their two girls from Haiti (they now have 6 children). That was very exciting! We got to hear more about the girls and about the orphanage and what to expect when we travel. The above picture is from our visit with them. When we walked through the door, the oldest immediately asked us if we were Falancia's mom and dad. They thought we were bringing the girls when we came to visit, but their parents told them that our girls were still in Haiti. Shelby, their mom, told me how she met Falancia and told her she knew her mommy and daddy. Falancia proceded to follow Shelby around for the remainder of her visit to the orphanage for that day. We can't wait to go get our girls!

Well, thanks for reading! Hopefully we will get an update on the girls soon and I will pass it along. Thank you for all of your prayers!

Love,
Allison