{"id":3565,"date":"2011-06-09T17:47:33","date_gmt":"2011-06-09T22:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=3565"},"modified":"2011-06-09T17:47:33","modified_gmt":"2011-06-09T22:47:33","slug":"chosen-the-road-to-adoption-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=3565","title":{"rendered":"Chosen: The Road to Adoption update"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It is definitely time for an adoption update. \u00a0So many of our sweet friends have asked recently where things stand. \u00a0We finished up our dossier several weeks ago. \u00a0If you are not familiar with a dossier, just picture more documents than you have ever been asked for. \u00a0Then…each document needs a specific signature, most have to be notarized, and many have to be embossed with the state seal of the state that it originated from. \u00a0Not all of our documents originated here. \u00a0Compiling a dossier is much like the most complicated…and rewarding…scavenger hunt you will ever participate in. \u00a0The good news is that my sweet husband is the most patient man on the planet. \u00a0Other than signing a few papers or requesting a few documents myself, Clint collected everything and visited multiple government buildings to get things taken care of.<\/p>\n

Once we took the dossier to our agency, we waited so they could look over it and make sure everything was done perfectly. \u00a0If there are any errors later down the line, it can really back up the process. \u00a0Thankfully…everything was in great order and it was FedExed to the agency’s corporate office to have a few more documents added. \u00a0From there it went to the Ethiopian embassy to be translated.<\/p>\n

About a week ago we received word that our dossier was in the hands of the fine folks that work for the Ministry of Women and Children in Ethiopia. \u00a0So…we wait. \u00a0We have definitely seen God’s hand at work in this entire process, so the waiting has been a blast because of the cool things God has been teaching us. \u00a0We did request a baby boy anywhere from newborn up to a year younger than Emma. \u00a0Now that Emma is cruising towards three, the reality that we could have two toddlers before long seems like an exciting adventure!<\/p>\n

Thank you again for your prayers and for walking this road with us. \u00a0As each day passes, we feel more and more confident that God has called us to this endeavor for His glory and the good of our son that we can’t wait to meet!<\/p>\n

“I will not leave you as orphans; I will come for you.” John 14:18<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It is definitely time for an adoption update. \u00a0So many of our sweet friends have asked recently where things stand. \u00a0We finished up our dossier several weeks ago. \u00a0If you are not familiar with a dossier, just picture more documents than you have ever been asked for. \u00a0Then…each document needs a specific signature, most have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3565\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}