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Our Adoption Timeline

Home forever with Sisay! ~ Sept. 9, 2011
Submitted to the Embassy! ~ Aug. 9, 2011
We got her birth certificate! ~ July 21, 2011
We PASSED court!!! ~ July 12, 2011
We met our girl and went to court! ~ June 20-24, 2011
We got our court date for June 24th! ~ May 19, 2011
Submitted to the Ethiopian courts! ~ April 27, 2011
REFERRAL!!!!!!!!!!!! ~March 16, 2011
Dossier completed and sent off!!! ~Sept. 11, 2010
Last homestudy meeting at our house! ~April 13, 2010
Thru much prayer, God makes it clear that Ethiopia is where our girl is!! ~April 3, 2010
2nd Homestudy meeting! Possibly looking into Ethiopia now! ~ March 23, 2010
1st Homestudy meeting! ~March 9, 2010
Called back and told us that they made an exception for us to proceed with the Philippines! ~ Nov. 12, 2009
Contacted by Bethany ~ turned down by the Philippines program 3 times ~ Sept. 23, 2009-Nov. 9, 2009
Sent in formal application ~ Sept. 14, 2009
Went to an informational meeting about adoption with Bethany Christian Services ~ Sept. 8, 2009