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Court day- almost

Court day- almost

May 23, 2013

Today we left at 5:30 to go to Cape Coast for our adoption court appointment. We made great time, got there early, waited 3 hours and then found out that our judge was sick and could maybe see us tomorrow. Very disappointed but this happens sometimes. So, we will be going tomorrow and catching our […]
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Wednesday in Africa

Wednesday in Africa

May 22, 2013

Hi all! Just a regular old day here. Spent a lot of it with our little girl at the hotel. Our first couple of friends flew home today and a new couple came. Very fun to have other adoptive parents around. We all will be going to court together to officially adopt our kids TOMORROW! […]
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Tuesday!

Tuesday!

May 22, 2013

Yesterday, we were expecting to be able to sleep in little bit as the other family was going to be going to court for their adoption and we didn’t have anything until around noon. We got to bed late the night before but then got woken up at dawn to go for a walk. The […]
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Another Day in Africa

Another Day in Africa

May 20, 2013

This morning we were able to sleep in. One interesting thing here is that the power in the city is not consistent. Shower when you can. We found out this morning that we probably have a better chance at showering at night. We went to meet most of the agency team this morning, picked up […]
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A great day!!!!!

A great day!!!!!

May 19, 2013

What a wonderful day! We had asked the in-country agency team if we could visit an African church while we were here. SO, last night our case worker said we could all go with her (another family is here too) AND she’d pick up their child and ours before!!! We met our little girl and […]
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Thank You Lord!!!

Thank You Lord!!!

May 18, 2013

We decided to drive through the night Wednesday to get to the embassy for Thursday.  This would be the last day they would be open before our flight.  When we were there we found out: 1.  They do not release mailed visa to a person, they only mail them back 2. No one has been […]
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Bumps in the Road…

Bumps in the Road…

May 14, 2013

Today, as we anxiously await our passports and visas in the mail, we found out about this http://adoption.state.gov/country_information/country_specific_alerts_notices.php?alert_notice_type=alerts&alert_notice_file=ghana_1 We are planning on flying on Friday and hopefully things will be more clear then. Our agency is not sure about the warning of this alert. We do not know if we fit their description of “approved” […]
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Nothing short of a miracle…

Nothing short of a miracle…

May 8, 2013

Today was an amazing day. Yesturday we were told that some of our papers were misfiled in Our daughters country and we had to start over with them. Nothing was said about our upcoming court date so we weren’t sure if we were buying tickets this week. I told God last night that I knew […]
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The End Is In Sight

The End Is In Sight

May 4, 2013

Most of our paper work is done, our yellow fever shots are taken, grants are written….and now we are headed into the last leg of our adoption journey.  We accepted a referral for a 2 1/2 year old girl on April 23 and may be travelling soon to meet her.  We can’t give specifics online yet, […]
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Use a unique and meaningful title

January 20, 2012

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