Thursday, January 15, 2009
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........................La Familia Armstrong
La familia Armstrong was established 1/15/08 when Karl & Julie adopted their three precious niños from Colombia!
We hope our continuing journey together will be an encouragement to you!
We hope our continuing journey together will be an encouragement to you!
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........................Adoption Journey
Our hearts were drawn towards adoption over the past couple of years. In December of 2006, we began the paperwork process of adopting a sibling group from Colombia.
Just over one year later, we traveled to Colombia to adopt our children! We spent six weeks in Colombia while our adoption was finalized.
The five of us came home together at the end of February 2008.
We are so very happy together!!!!!
Just over one year later, we traveled to Colombia to adopt our children! We spent six weeks in Colombia while our adoption was finalized.
The five of us came home together at the end of February 2008.
We are so very happy together!!!!!
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........................Adoption Highlights
- 2/21/09 - 1 year home in U.S./EE. UU. as LFA!
- 1/15/09 - 1 year since our first day together as LFA!!!!!
- 1/9/09 - Refinalized Adoption in IL!
- 2/21/08 - Came Home Together!
- 1/15/08 - We met the Children for the first time!
- 1/14/08 - We flew down to Cali.
- 1/13/08 - We flew to Bogota.
- 12/20/07 - Went to Chicago and had documents apostilled and got our special Adoption Visas!!!
- 12/19/07 - Bought Airline Tickets for all 5 of us!!!
- 12/17/07 - Received official date to travel/meet the children today!!! We will fly to Bogota on 1/13/08 & will meet the children on 1/15/08!!!
- 12/11/07 - We wrote our acceptance letter and emailed it to our Agency!
- 12/11/07 - Our Agency translated the official paperwork for the referral of the children and then emailed & UPS'd it to us!
- 12/6/07 - CHI Representative in Colombia receives our official assignment paperwork for the children!
- 12/1/07 - Got updated FBI prints & clearances back!
- 11/14/07 - Got refingerprinted AND received the call for our referral of the kids!!! It is unofficially official!!!
- 11/7/07- Translations & Original Addendums presented to ICBF!
- 11/1/08 - Addendums mailed & faxed to Colombia!
- 10/17/07 - Notified that ICBF wants our Home Study updated with more detailed information on a couple of topics.
- 10/12/07 - Received Karl's new passport.
- 9/28/07 - Mailed Renewal Application for Karl's passport & read through most of our Colombia Travel Guide!
- 9/26/07 - Heard today from our CHI Adoption Consultant who just returned from Colombia that our Dossier/Case is being processed & she'll let us know when she knows more :)
- 9/17/07 - Dossier presented to ICBF early this week!
- ICBF = The Colombian Department of Children's Welfare. They will review our Dossier and will match us with the children.
- 9/14/07 - Translation of our Dossier is completed!
- 9/10/07 - Translation of our Dossier is in process.
- 9/4/07 - Dossier is in Colombia!
- 8/29/07 - Dossier is finished & on its way to Colombia!
- 8/27/07 - Our Agency will mail off our Dossier to Colombia - where it will be translated into Spanish & delivered to the ICBF, the Colombian Institute of Family Welfare. It won't be long now until we are parents!!!
- 8/27/07 - Our Dossier ARRIVED in Oregon at 10:30 a.m.!!! It is now in the hands of our Agency!!!
- 8/25/07 - Finished 3 Sets of Photo Pages & Sent Our Dossier to our Agency in Oregon!!!
- 8/22/07 - We started our Spanish Class: 6 - 7:50 p.m. every Wednesday night!
- 8/8/07 - Met with the Adoption Ministry Committee at our Church to brainstorm & re-group. Since we are first-time parents, we especially need to get prepared to bring our 3 children home in a relatively short amount of time!
- 7/28/07 - Our 171-H/#3 notification arrived. This letter was to notify us that our petition to adopt/our advanced processing application has been forwarded to the US Consulate in Bogota, Colombia!
- 7/23/07 - Present - Working on Photo Pages for the children to receive upon assignment that will be sent along with our Dossier packet!
- 7/13/07 - We have already traveled to Springfield to the Secretary of State's Office to have our notorized documents authenticated!
- 7/5/07 - Our Agency looked over our Dossier Documents & said they look "GREAT" - so they are ready to be apostilled.
- 7/2/07 - We now have our 171-H & are moving forward!
- 6/6/07 - Our Home Study was sent to USCIS. They processed an important document we need called the 171-H.
........................Items of Interest
- Is There More To Life?
- The Voice of the Orphan
- Our Adoption Agency - CHI
- FamilyLife
- Family-Friendly Movie Reviews
- Crown Financial Ministries
- Considering Adoption Bible Study
- Colombian Adoption Program
- Christian Research Institute
- Better Ways to Ask Questions of Adoptive Families
- Becoming a Follower of Christ
- Answers in Genesis
........................Links for Listening
We adopted our beloved niños in Cali, Colombia!
2 comments:
I love this blog!!! Thank you for all the words which depicted a situation which most of us could not have survived, yet the outcome was so incredibly wonderful for you!! I reflected on my own concerns and prayers a year ago, and felt/feel blessed to have been on this journey and powerful testimony of FAITH & LOVE!
Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow!!!!!!!
Love Always,
Momma G
What a great blog. I can't believe you have had them that long. Loved the pictures from the past followed by the ones from today. What a journey, what a blessing!
Traci
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