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Here are a few questions that keep coming up … and our responses. Since we first announced that we were adopting a child (January 2007), it’s been interesting to hear what questions keep coming up. Here are a few: “Have you heard anything about the baby yet?” We hear this question often, mostly from people … Read more
We just received our passports so that we can travel to Korea when the time comes to pick up our child. With changes at the borders with Canada and Mexico, we were not sure how long it would take to get our passports (there had been a backlog as widely reported in the media). Thankfully, … Read more
We have been approved for the adoption of a child from a foreign country by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Yesterday we received Form I-797C (all government forms seem to have form numbers!) from the office of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, a division of the Department of Homeland Security. The form simply grants us … Read more
Friday night’s Twila Paris concert with the World Vision Korea Children’s Choir was a great experience! Twila Paris’ concert tour came to Huntingdon, PA last night. We enjoyed hearing her sing some of her classic songs, including, “The Warrior is a Child,” “We Bow down,” and “He is Exalted,” as well as a couple songs … Read more
We’ve been given a general idea about what the timeline for adoption might look like! Earlier this week, we received a response from AIAA, giving some kind of idea about what to expect, in terms of a timeline for the rest of the adoption process. We initiated the process last January with the general expectation … Read more
Gathering information on South Korea, the place from where we’re adopting a child. As we posted earlier, We’re on the waiting list for adoption from South Korea. We thought we’d share some links of sites with information about South Korea. Information: NationalGeographic.com US Department of State CIA BBC Travel Guides: Lonely Planet Tour2Korea Also, check … Read more
Our adoption homestudy has been approved and sent to Korea. Now we wait. We formally began our international adoption process earlier this year in January 2007. Now after completing all of the paperwork, our homestudy has been forwarded to Korea. That essentially places us on the waiting list for a child. We do not know, … Read more
Today we mailed our formal application for adoption! You may recall from a previous post, that we had just learned that a formal application for adoption was being mailed to us. Well, we just completed all of the requirements (application, physical exam forms, and various photos of us and our home). It will go out … Read more
Got word today that a formal application is in the mail! If you’ve been following our unfolding adoption story over the last few months you may know that the next BIG step in the adoption process is the submission of a formal application to Americans for International Aid & Adoption (AIAA) (we had already submitted … Read more
We thought you might be interested to know which nations provide the most international adoptions in the US. Swivel.com recently posted a graph showing the top 5 nations. China tops the list, followed by Guatemala, Russia, South Korea, and Ethiopia. Interestingly, China and South Korea have seen declines in recent years but are still popular … Read more