5 MONTHS OF PAPER CHASING nears the end!

Well, we officially started our journey into adoption the last week of July 2010.  Here we are in the last week of the year and our paper chase is almost over!  I am waiting for the ever elusive 171H to arrive in the mail.  This is the form from Homeland Security that says it is okay with the US government for Michael and I to adopt a little girl from Ethiopia.  As soon as I have this magic form in my waiting little hands and I have a notary sign the letter that must accompany it,  I will be ready to mail my dossier (That is a fancy word for 5 months of paper work.) to AWAA.

Here is our original dossier and two copies that must be mailed:

One element of our dossier was to scrapbook family photos.  Here is a photo of how they turned out:

They will use ALL this information in our dossier (including the photos) to match us to our Little Girl.  Of course, I believe God already knows who she is and He will be leading them to her.

Once our dossier is approved, it will be mailed to Ethiopia and we will have an official DTE (that is dossier to Ethiopia) date!  So far, I have only had to wait small bits of time between tasks.  Once this dossier is out of my hands...it is ALL in God's hands.  There will be nothing else to give me the illusion of control.  I will have only to wait on His perfect timing.