"Sometimes I would like to ask God, why He allows poverty, famine, and injustice in the world when He could do something about it... but I'm afraid He might ask me the same question." Anonymous

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Update on Davids(Lativa 16 yr old)- An orphan no more!

Praise God for this AWESOME gift to this boy for his birthday! Life, a home, security, no more Latvia orphanage, no street abandonment for his 16th birthday, and the knowledge of Jesus Christs love for him! Words just can't express the JOY that God provided a family in LESS THAN 24 HOURS! How could we ever question God's hand in our lives?


See Davids Mom's post below...


Don't miss the 2nd picture of Davids and his JOY! God's over-the-top LOVE amazes me! (by the way... Davids birthday is 01/23/11)
On Monday, January 17, 2011

Blessed!

Today.....God blessed our lives beyond belief! He gave a smile to a little boy's face and restored hope in his heart. I am overwhelmed with joy......and I stand in awe of His glory once again! I know that my Redeemer lives and still works miracles. Today, Davids social worker spent time with him and shared the story of the thousands of prayer warriors across the United States. James 5:16, "The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much." I KNOW that your prayers called out for Davids and brought him to our family. I wish that I could tell each of you how much I appreciate your prayers, offerings and unconditional love for "the least of these."

Ines, his social worker gave him a photo of our family and told him how much we already love him. I will share the pictures of his precious face when he found out that he will have a forever family. GOD IS GOOD! I cannot wait to talk with Peter and share with him the news of his brother. My heart is so full and I love my precious Savior. What a friend we have in Jesus. Now we wait for all the final arrangements to be made for travel. Psalm 130:5 " I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope." Please pray as we wait for the day we can be together as a family.

Love, Angi
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  1. Jason WebbJanuary 18, 2011 at 3:00 PM

    Tim and Angi, Hey this is Jason Webb. I'm in your AWAA yahoo group and was wondering where in Indiana you're from? We're in north central IN. We had a great time meeting some families up here who had adopted from Ethiopia, and wouldn't mind doing it some more...
    Jason

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Current time in Ethiopia

Addis Ababa

Adoption Time-line

02/02/10- Ethiopia adoption application & fee sent.





02/17/10- Accepted into America Worlds Ethiopia Program!





02/20/10- Paid initial AWAA program fee.





Start paper chase...



03/02/10- Ordered our birth certificates.



03/02/10- Spoke w/and chose GLAD as Home-Study Agency.



03/03/10- Got Angi's employeement & life ins. verification.



03/04/10- Received Tim's birth cert. in mail.



03/04/10- Went to courthouse, got Marriage Cert.



03/05/10- Received Angi's birth cert. in mail.



03/05/10- Scheduled Tim's phys. letter doctor appt.for 3/8



03/08/10- Mailed GLAD application letter & fee.



03/10/10- Ethiopia made big change- 2 trips required now.



03/11/10- Rec'd GLAD/AWAA Post Placement Agreement.



03/11/10- Rec'd Tim's Health/Life Ins. letter.



03/12/10- Jack & Annie rabie shots/Home Study Requirment

03/13/10- Rosie & Sara rabie shots.



03/21/10- Began Hague on-line required training course.



03/22/10- GLAD beginning our background checks.



03/22/10- Our HIV tests and Tim's HEP B blood draw done.



03/23/10- Tim's TB Test scheduled for 3/30/10.



03/25/10- Notary notarized all paperwork we've collected.



03/26/10- Kyla, our social work came for 1st & 2nd home visi



03/26/10- Adoption Tax Credit raised to$13,100.00! Go God!



03/27/10- Kyla finished 3rd Home Study visit.



03/27/10- Finished family photo pages.



03/30/10- Tim rescheduled TB Test until 4/6/10.



03/31/10- Picked up Tim's HEP B test results.



04/02/10- Received Archie's referance letter.



04/06/10- Tim had TB test placed.



04/06/10- Angi got bloodwork records.



04/06/10- Re-did Financial Statement/faxed to AWAA.



04/09/10- Tim's TB test results- negative :)



04/10/10- Completed Hague On-line training course.



04/10/10- Dog vaccines done.



04/20/10- Faxed Florida CPS request to FL today.



05/03/10- Had our physical visits today.



05/26/10- Angi's bloodwork drawn.



05/28/10- Angi's bloodwork result- normal.



05/28/10- Tim's bloodwork drawn & normal result.



06/01/10- Our 14th Annivesary- Renee notarized physicals!



06/07/10- Picked up our physicals & faxed to GLAD/AWAA.



06/07/10- Found out GLAD rec'd FL CPS checks 6/4/10.



06/07/10- Requested Dr. letter for Angi.



06/10/10- Picked up & faxed Dr. letter to AWAA.



06/10/10- Waiting for AWAA to approve Home Study.



06/15/10- AWAA read Home Study & requested corrections.



06/23/10- GLAD corrected and sent H.S. back to AWAA.



06/24/10- AWAA approved our Home Study!



07/01/10- Got money order for final GLAD payment.



07/01/10- Met Klya/GLAD in Vincennes, got final HomeStdy



07/02/10- Mailed I-600A application & fee.



07/09/10- Renee notarized rest of Dossier paperwork.



07/09/10- Sent 2 papers to IN State Dept.for Authentication



07/12/10- Fed-Ex package received at IN State Dept.



07/13/10- We rec'd Authenticated papers in mail!



07/14/10- Rec'd Immigration Fingerprinting appt for 8/9/10



07/23/10- Went early-Immigration/Indy. for fingerprinting.



07/26/10- Called USCIS & left msg for Immigration Officer.



07/29/10- Officer Opfer called, USCIS back-logged 3 weeks.



08/05/10- Rec'd I-171H today!Thanks Officer Opfer-speedy



08/06/10- Renee notarized new MOWA letter & I-171H.



08/06/10- Got Cashier's check to go with Dossier.



Paper chase completed!





08/06/10- Shipped Dossier to AWAA by Fed-Ex.



08/10/10- AWAA received Dossier packet.



08/13/10- AWAA approved Dossier, maybe DTE next Fri?



08/13/10- Rec'd U.S.State letter stating I-600A sent to ET!



08/19/10- AWAA Fed-Ex'd our Dossier to Ethiopia!



08/25/10- Dossier arrived in Ethiopia today!









The WAIT begins...