August 1st

Right now as I type this blog post it is August 1st in Ind*a.

I haven't posted too much on our adoption because there's not really too much to say! We're still waiting for out little Sweet P's original documents to be mailed to us so we can officially accept the match.

But, there is other exciting Ind*a news...

About two weeks ago, I posted this on IG

It's about 5:30am Tuesday morning in Ind*a. I'm praying for the hearts of those waiting...the sweet babies waiting for their mommies and daddies, and the mommies and daddies who are pushing through the paperwork or enduring the silence. I'm believing that Jesus will move mountains this week even though I may not see progress. I am trusting that while I am waiting HE is working all things together for good. #internationaladoption #salongafamilyadoption

A photo posted by Meg Salonga (@megsalonga) on Jul 20, 2015 at 5:04pm PDT

Although there were no specific mountains moved in our case, He was definitely moving mountains. In fact, the mountains being moved were completely new adoption guidelines that take effect TODAY in Ind*a. 

The Central Authority has made some big changes. Going forward, families will be matched not by their agency caseworker, but by C*RA (the Ind*an Central Authority). Obviously, since we are already matched, this will not effect us. They also eliminated an often lengthy step in the process which is the state level approval (ARC). The guidelines state that C*RA will issue NOC (federal level approval) in a MUCH quicker time frame than the previous adoption guidelines. The court process is also supposed to be reduced to 2 months (it had averaged 2-5 previously).

Here is an overview of the new process:

Match Acceptance (we are still here)

I-800

Article 5

NOC

Court

Passport

Travel

The new adoption guidelines are very promising, but the fact is, implementing new guidelines is a lot of work and it does have the potential to cause a bit of  a delay. Please be in prayer for C*RA as they work to put these new time frames and guidelines into effect. Pray that time frames would be taken seriously and delays will be avoided while the new guidelines are put into place.

We are so thankful that Ind*a is realizing that these children need to be in forever families. The fact that they are pushing to process adoptions in a much more timely manner shows they understand that the process is taking far too long. 

We really appreciate your prayers for our adoption and ask that you please continue to pray we receive those original documents so we can be one step closer to bringing home our little Sweet P! 

Project Life {week 27}

I'm still going strong with Digital Project Life! Seriously, I don't know why I didn't switch sooner! For me, eliminating the step of having photos printed was HUGE. 

Week 27 was a fun one! Mason read his first story on his own. He's becoming such a great little reader. The boys are loving our school time and are really enjoying all the great Sonlight stories that we've been reading together. We also headed up north to my parent's cabin in Happy Jack! The boys had an excellent time playing and exploring outside in the cooler weather.

Anyway, here's the left side of the spread...

and the right!

We had such a great time escaping the Phoenix heat and heading up north. So many memories were made that I just couldn't fit them all in a page, so I made an extra spread! 

We can't wait to go back!