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Hello all family and friends!
With great excitement, we started our adoption journey in August 2008. We are now first time parents through adoption of an 8-year-old son from Thailand. We have chosen to build our family through the adoption of a son from Thailand because this is where we feel God is leading us right now.
It took 1 year and 9 months to bring Ray home and it was totally worth it!
We appreciate all of your love and support. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!
Ann & Bryan
I-800A Approval
We just got our I-800A approval notice in the mail today! WOW! I was told to expect this would take 90 days to be approved. That means it took less than 30 days from the day the USCIS received it officially!!! Yipee! Things are moving along just wonderfully. Now we just need to hope they continue to progress at this fast rate and that the TRC and the DSDW will approve our match and approve the adoption of Ray in the earliest possible time frame (4 months is the early estimate).
Why are we adopting internationally and not domestically?
While we think adopting domestically is extremely important, our hearts are drawn to the waiting children in other countries. Some of our closest friends and relatives have adopted, are adopted themselves, or are planning to adopt internationally. This has been a wonderful experience for them, as I am confident our adoption will be for us.
Why are we adopting from Thailand?
The number one reason is simply...that's where our son is living right now. Also, the Thai people are extremely laid back and friendly and the adoption process is very straight forward in Thailand and has been around for decades so there should be no surprises or corruption. After researching our other options, the requirements to adopt from Thailand fit our requirements. If we decide to adopt again, we will reevaluate the different countries and domestic programs.
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CONGRATULATIONS!!! We just got ours, too!
I'm so happy for you! One thing you may have in your favor for a speedier adoption process is that you're adopting a younger child. We found out that ours took longer than usual because they needed to collect more documents covering the longer life or our child, since she already thirteen. For some reason, there was no copy of her birth certificate. That caused several slowdowns. So, hopefully, things will move faster with your little guy. Can't wait to hear more good news. Meanwhile, hang in there with that long wait. It can be agonizing!
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