Our Journey to Reisen: Father's Day

Adoption Timeline

10/2/11~Our Forever Family...together at last!
10/1/11~Travel home
9/30/11~Embassy Appointment
9/14/11~Take Placement of Reisen
9/13/11~Travel to Ethiopia
8/25/11~Paperwork submitted to Embassy
8/11/11~Passed Court...He is ours!
7/14/11~COURT DATE for July 27
6/14/11~Homestudy update
5/13/11~REFERRAL 6.5 mo old boy!
4/2/11~I-171H fingerprints updated
3/14/11~Refingerprinting appointments
2/19/11~Received refingerprinting appointments in the mail
4/7/10~We are on the wait list!!!
3/29/10~Sent final docs to Kate for dossier
3/26/10~I-171H approval
3/17/10~FBI clearance received today
3/5/10~Gladney approved!!! Homestudy sent to CIS
2/10/10~Fingerprint appointments for CIS
2/3/10~Rough draft of Homestudy emailed to us
2/2/10~Mailed all remaining application documents to Gladney
2/1/10~Received fingerprint appointments in the mail for CIS
1/25/10~Gladney received Child Abuse Background Check
1/24/10~Homestudy, finished 2 hours country specific training
1/23/10~Homestudy, finished 8 hours Hague training
1/22/10~Criminal Background Check
1/13/10~FedEx fingerprints to FBI for clearance
1/11/10~Received receipt from CIS
1/7/10~Mailed in Part 1 and most of Part 2 of Gladney application
1/4/10~Received Gladney Application
12/30/09~Orientation with Gladney, FedEx I 600A, Contacted Kate for Dossier services

Ethiopia Facts

*There are approximately 5

million orphans in a country

less than twice the size of the

state of Texas

*Only 24% of the households

have access to safe drinking

water

*One in ten children die

before their first birthday

*Half the children in Ethiopia

will never attend school

*Ethiopia's doctor to child

ratio is 1 to 24,000

*Between 60-150 million

kids live on the streets

*82% of the population

survives on less than 1 dollar

a day

*1 in 3 people are HIV+ and

the average life expectancy is 37

Our Journey to Reisen

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Father's Day

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