Friday July 18, 2008

Good morning friends and family! Yesterday we had our fingerprints redone and sent them to the FBI in Virginia. USCIS should have received our request to change countries from Ukraine to Bulgaria.

Last night AAI had a doctor talk to "waiting families" about immunizations and screening test adopted children need to have when they come to the USA. He gave us suggestions on what to take with us when we travel (meds for our children). There were a lot of families adopting from Ethiopia there, one couple was adopting from Liberia and two families were adopting from Russia/Ukraine.

The doctor has 6 children and 3 of them are adopted. We might use his office/partners as our doctor for our son when he comes home. He mentioned how orphans are a blessing from God and made in His image.

We are still waiting on our social worker from AAI to send us her license. This is pretty much what we need for Bulgaria's dossier:
1. Power of Attorney for agency in Bulgaria
2. Power of Attorney for TOL American agency
3. Letter to Ministry of Justice stating why we want to adopt, age, gender, description of our family, home, employment,etc.
4. Home study
5. Social worker's license (who did the home study)
6. Agency license (that did the home study)
7. Photo's of our family and home
8. Finger prints by FBI (background check) for both of us
9. I171 H adoption approval letter from USCIS
10. copy of our taxes
11. Medicals for both of us (blood work for HIV etc.)
12. Doctor's license
13. Marriage certificate
14. Photocopy of passports
15. Child abuse clearance for both of us (Social worker to give to us as she got it for our home study)

Will write more once we have something to report. Please keep us in your prayers as we wait to bring our son home. Pray for his safety, that he is being cared for and loved on when needed and that we will continue to seek God's will and be obedient to Him.