We are adopting a baby boy from Ethiopia!!!! I posted back in September how Chris and I have gotten to this point of adoption and we would love for you to read the post below. We wanted to make this blog to keep our family and friends up to date where we are in the process. With a pregnancy everyone knows what to expect for the most part, but the adoption process can be a little confusing and we want everyone to anticipate with us the coming of our new son! Saying that gives me goose bumps!
God has been so faithful to us in taking faith the size of a mustard seed and showing us that this is His intention for our family and that "He's Got this One." He is our sovereign God and we are thankful that this is in His mighty hands. We have been blown away by our family and friends who have embraced our desire to adopt and have encouraged us so much already.
This past week we turned in our application and our file is now officially open. The next step is to complete our dossier ( a huge stack of paperwork) and to have our home studies done by a social worker. Once that is complete and hopefully approved we will be put on a wait list for a referral. Once we have received our referral and accept it, it will just be a matter of time before we travel to Ethiopia to meet our little boy and appear in court. Ethiopia requires two trips for the adoptive parents so we will have to leave our son and wait around another month to travel back to Ethiopia and at that time bring him home!
We have been told that this process will take anywhere from 12-18 months. We know that there are many variables at play, but we are hopeful that we can bring him home as quickly as possible. We have a long journey ahead of us and we covet your prayers for our family and our new baby boy.
We have been a mix of emotions this past week as we are rejoicing as a family over our coming new family member, but broken hearted over the reality of orphans. We are thankful that our God is a Father to the fatherless.
Love,
Scarlett
