It's been awhile since we posted. We always get asked how things are going and most of the time, we don't have any updates. But today is November 18 and it's National Adoption Day, so we thought we'd give what update we can.
Yesterday, we received the verbal notification from CARA, the Central Agency for Adoption in India that our adoption has been approved. This is great news! We have to wait for the written notification, then her birth certificate to be approved, then we can request a passport for her, and then if all those steps go through, we can book our travel.
If all of those steps go in the best case scenario timeline, we could travel by early January. This is always what we had in the back of our minds, but it's exciting to see that there is progress. There have been some rumblings in the Indian government that they were going to be slowing international adoptions down, but thankfully, our paperwork has still continued to be processed. Despite government strikes, holidays, and layers and layers of bureaucracy. God has continued to be sovereign over everything.
Thank you, thank you for following us on this journey. It's not glamorous or fast-moving, but we feel your prayers. We appreciate your interest and questions and always thank God for people who care for our family.
