Some of you reading the blog know exactly what this picture is. For those who don't, it is a copy of our I800A approval for Kyle's adoption. In a nutshell, this means the Department of Homeland Security has said it is okay for us to go forward with our adoption. In order to grant this approval, they had to have our fingerprints (to make sure we didn't have a criminal record) and a copy of our social worker's report that verifies our intent to provide a permanent home for an adoptee that is not a citizen of the United States. Our ability to support another family member gets looked at and so forth. Things have moved fairly quickly and smoothly with Kyle's adoption, so we are hoping and praying we stay on course. The original of the document you see here will go to the Chinese consulate for authentication as well as be authenticated by the Secretary of State. Since we are re-using our dossier from Zack's adoption, there are only a few documents that have to be re-done/authenticated.
What does this mean? Very soon, our packet of documents will be back in China, where the China Center for Children's Welfare Activities (CCCWA) will log it in (basically, mark received). Once this happens, our old packet of documents will be "pulled from the archive" and China gets another chance to review us as adoptive parents before issuing formal approval to adopt one of their precious children.
It is a privlege for China to grant approval to provide one of their children a permanent home. It is a long, hard, paper-chasing road. We are about at the halfway point. Prayers, good wishes, good thoughts and energy are accepted for our family during this wait.
And...hello? I got the Sunday Snapshot up on a Sunday!!!! Whoop whoop!
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