Criminal Records (that got your attention)

Here are my two most recent FB status updates.... they sum up my adoption paperwork pregnancy pains for the week........ 

Monday, Nov. 21st "Now I have resulted to just laughing.... been waiting for my adoption home study for a LONG time and now I find out I need a criminal record check from the UK from when I studied and lived in the UK. Once that is done it will be approved.... Seriously...." 

Tuesday, Nov. 22nd "Update on the adoption giggles.....I emailed the UK last night and just need to complete some paperwork, find some British pounds (money), and pray like crazy that 40 days (time they paperwork should take to come back) will really be like 10 days...." 

Absolutely LOVE this graphic !!! 

I am planning on mailing the application to the UK tomorrow along with £10.00 note (thank you soooooo much Judith).  Please pray for extreme speed.  I keep whispering to myself, "God is in control of the timing and there is a reason for this bump in the road". 

 

 

First Canadian Adoption Completed in Haiti Post-Quake!

This weekend will be a very memorable for Sylvie and Victor, a couple from Canada that will go and pick up for their daughter and bring her home to Canada from GLA.  in Haiti. I met Sylvie online, she has been a great help to me as I move through the process.  You can read about their adventure and see pictures of their absolutely beautiful daugther by going to their blog: http://sylvic.blogspot.com/ 

They are the first Canadian Adoption Completed in Haiti Post-Quake!  The encouraging part of the story, (besides the obvious- a orphan gets to be part of a forever family), is their process from referral to child coming home only took 9 months!!!! This is VERY fast!!!  Typically, this has taken up to two years... see what I mean???  

Update for me.... no new news, still waiting for my home study... If you think of it, please pray that I get it this week. 

Baby Hats for Haiti

Part of preparing for adoptive motherhood is perusing the internet for information- any information that will help you make connections to the country your child will call their first home.   I don't know how many times I have googled, " Haiti adoption ". 

Last month I came across (and immediately added to my blogroll) the blog of the Livesay family. The parents are originally from MN.  Fun connection, I thought! 

They live in Port-au- Prince and serve the Haitian families through Heartline Ministries.  I noticed they may have a need for newborn baby hats (since they work with pregnant Haitian mothers). I have started knitting hats for the newborns of the moms.  I have finished five hats so far- hope to be able to send lots more !!