Merry Christmas!!!

Got some new Chirstmas pictures! My heart breaks and I want them here for the holidays so bad when I look at these pictures. We got an update on them and heard what they will be doing for Christmas. Sounds like they will have so much fun and activities that they won't have time to think about where they are. Hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas!!! I love you all!

Allison

Onto Parquet

Falancia

Sivencia Jiovenda

Finally!!! Our paperwork is out of IBESR and onto Parquet. Traditionally Parquet takes about 2-3 months, but we know some people that have been in there since April. We are praying that we are not one of those. Parquet has not been processing dossiers with people that have biological children, we are unsure why because that is IBESR's decision to make. So, although we are happy that our paperwork has moved on, we are also nervous about it being in Parquet. Well, like we always say, it is in God's hands and He will get us the girls in His perfect timing. Anyway if everything goes smoothly the girls will be home sometime this summer, but we all know how that goes! Please keep us in your prayers and pray for the people working in Parquet that God will soften their hearts for these children and want to get them all home as quickly as possible!

Good News

Hey Everyone!
Just got some great news, our Power of Attorney that needed to be redone is now with the lawyer down in Haiti and it is about to join the rest of dossier. Our dossier is being held at IBESR and we were hoping to have it out of there by Halloween until this delay occurred. Now if it makes it out of there by the end of November, we are only a month delayed due to the error on the POA. This is wonderful news, we thought it was going to take longer. Praise God! Will let you know when our dossier comes out of IBESR and visits its next Haiti government office. Thanks for your thoughts and prayers! Have a Happy Thanksgiving for those I won't see or talk to.
In Him,
Allison

Noel and Pictures

Many of you have asked about the effects of Tropical Storm Noel on the orphanage. They got some wind and rain, but since they are up in the mountains a bit they did not feel the full effects of the storm like the coast did. Everyone at God's Littlest Angels faired just fine. Thank you for your prayers.

As for our paperwork, the Power of Attorney that needed to be redone made it down to Haiti within a week. Praise God! The Consulate and the translator processed it super quickly. We are not sure where it is in Haiti though. Hopefully it will get to IBESR quickly, which is where the rest of our dossier is. I will let you know when we find out. Hopefully this littls glitch won't back us up to much.

We received our monthly update on the girls this week. They are doing well and staying healthy. Looks like Jiovenda has lost a front tooth.

Brison has been doing well in school and we go for our first conference next week. He has been also taking piano lessons and seems to really enjoy it. We bought an old, used piano for $50 and we all love it.

Walker loves preschool and enjoys spending time with his big brother. His favorite saying now is, "whatever Brison is having/doing, I will have/do". He loves his big bro (see how long that lasts).

That is about it, had a nice Halloween and looking forward to Thanksgiving and Christmas. Thank you again for your thoughts and prayers.

Love,

Allison

Problem

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

The Boys!

Here are some pictures of the boys on their first day of school. See new update on the girls below.

Allison

Status Que

Well we got our latest update a little early. Molly who writes them is coming to the States for a month, so she got it off a little early. Which means the next one will probably be a little late. Everything is status que with the girls, nothing much new with them. It is the rainy season down there so they are struggling with colds and sniffles at the orphanage, as are we in our household. Brison was out of school last week for a few days and then made his brother sick. They had sore throats and fevers.

We got some great pictures of the girls and they look great! I will post some here. Our paperwork is still in IBESR and expect it to be there for another month. We just got an update on the status of the different governmental agencies our paperwork has to go through and IBESR seems to be the only one running smoothly. The others are all a coin toss and those are the ones our stuff goes to next. So who knows what our timeframe is going to look like. We are hoping Spring, but at this point it could be Summer. I just hope it is prior to the start of school next year. Only God knows and His timing is perfect!

I just had lunch with a woman who is also adopting from Haiti. She is adopting two girls, who are 5 and 7. Our girls and her girls are friends down at the orphanage and now they will be living 20 minutes away from each other. Isn't that great? I love that our girls will have some kind of reminder of home up here.

Brison has been at school for a month and is doing great. He loves his teacher and is making friends. He has also started piano lessons and seems to be really enjoying that as well.

Walker started preschool and loves it! He doesn't understand why everyone is in school and he is the only one home during the day. Tough to be one of the youngest in the neighborhood. We have bible study and Kindermusik to keep us busy during the week as well.

Well that is about it. Thank you for your many prayers, they sure are felt. We have such a great peace about our adoption and we know it is all from God. I hope this message finds you all well.

Love,

Allison