Friday, December 23, 2005

Merry Christmas!

Many of you may be visiting this page as a result of our Christmas card. We are excited you chose to join us on this journey and we wish you a very Merry Christmas as we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus. I'll take just a few lines to share what has happened since our last post...

Our case workers, Mary and Peggy, have been hard at work furnishing us with a five-month timeline starting in December. We began the official paperwork this month, having already submitted our prelimenary application and being approved to move on as planned. We had our first appointment last Friday, one of many to come. Our local fingerprints were taken which was a huge blessing. I called at the beginning of that week hoping to snag a date in January, and they were able to fit us in that very same week!!! So, now we have one fingerprint appointment down and one to go. Our next will hopefully be in early February with the INS in Nashville. They will receive the I 600 A immigration form that we sent last week with our first official payment and then send us a preselected date for that appointment. Please pray that we will have a date for EARLY February, as it can take sometimes 6-9 weeks to get those results back. Our medical examination appointments are scheduled for the 19th of January, and our interviews fall within the following week. We will each meet with our case workers seperately then also have a joint interview as well as a home visit. January is a big month! As December has already flown by, we anticipate the next four months will, too.

May your Christmas be filled with JOY!
We love you all!

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