Great news!!! We were just notified yesterday that our attorney in Ghana will be able to tell us next week exactly when our court dates will be - which means that next week we can start making solid travel plans to go and meet our boys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh happy day!!!
This is where the exciting/scary/amazing part comes in. Most people take two trips, one at the beginning for court, and then one at the end once visas are printed to bring their children home. However, since we don't have any kids at home, and I have a uniquely flexible and supportive job, and because we both feel God's calling and blessing in regards to this decision, we have decided that I will be staying in Ghana with the boys for the whooooole 3-6 month process!!!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!
I'm sooo excited/nervous/out of my mind pumped!!!! Both of us can't WAIT to meet our little guys, and even though Graham can't stay the whole time, we're both so thankful for the thought that I will be there, and Lord willing won't ever have to leave our babies again!! We're thankful too that I'll have some visitors along the way to keep me company; brave souls to keep me sane during those first few months as a mom of virtual twins :)
Please pray for us. I know we're gonna miss each other like crazy. This whole thing's soooo much bigger than us, we need God's provision, His protection, His wisdom, His blessing, guidance.... we need it all!!!
And here's a lil' peek into the nursery these days :)
The way the process usually breaks down from here is this:
- We go to Ghana, and meet our little dudes.
- We go to court to ask for, and hopefully obtain, their custody, making us theirs and them ours (happy sigh).
- Our attorney gathers several pieces paperwork for the boys, and we apply for visas for them to come to the US.
- We (hopefully) gain preliminary approval of our visa application, then go to an interview at the US Embassy in Ghana.
- Our boys' visas are printed, and we bring them home to the US of A, where they're granted citizenship as soon as they land :)
This is where the exciting/scary/amazing part comes in. Most people take two trips, one at the beginning for court, and then one at the end once visas are printed to bring their children home. However, since we don't have any kids at home, and I have a uniquely flexible and supportive job, and because we both feel God's calling and blessing in regards to this decision, we have decided that I will be staying in Ghana with the boys for the whooooole 3-6 month process!!!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!
I'm sooo excited/nervous/out of my mind pumped!!!! Both of us can't WAIT to meet our little guys, and even though Graham can't stay the whole time, we're both so thankful for the thought that I will be there, and Lord willing won't ever have to leave our babies again!! We're thankful too that I'll have some visitors along the way to keep me company; brave souls to keep me sane during those first few months as a mom of virtual twins :)
Please pray for us. I know we're gonna miss each other like crazy. This whole thing's soooo much bigger than us, we need God's provision, His protection, His wisdom, His blessing, guidance.... we need it all!!!
And here's a lil' peek into the nursery these days :)
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Love! I am so excited for you two & your boys!
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