Family and Friends–
It is with absolute joy that we share our official match with a 20 month old boy, born on March 5th, 2010. He was relinquished to an orphanage in northern Thailand by his mother. Our agency first shared him with us in August 2010 when we immediately said YES, but we were waiting for ANY confirmation from Thailand that we were matched with him. Today, we received that call. Officially on paperwork he is OURS!
So, what happens now is we send our Acceptance Letter back to the DSDW (Department of Social Welfare and Development) and then we wait for our “To Whom It May Concern” Letter. This letter will give us our court date in Thailand and give us our solid timeline for travel. This process could still take anywhere from 3-7 months. Our prayers have always been to be able to bring our child home before they turned three, God’s plan is shaping up and we believe we’ll definitely have him home by three, and maybe, just maybe by two! When we bring him home, we will still go through 6 months of home visits before travelling to the Thai Embassy to receive the rest of his citizenship paperwork.
As you may have heard there is horrible, devastating flooding occurring in Thailand–Anuwat is safe and is not impacted by the floods. Also, we will not be able to share photos of our Little Dude until we see you in person. The Thai Government has very strict policies on digital communication with children’s photos. We do not want to jeopardize any part of the process.
Thank you for all your prayers during this long, first part of our journey. Please continue to pray for our little family to be united soon.
Love and Peace
4 Nov
Great News!
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