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Posted 2023-04-25T13:33:14Z

Step in the wrong direction

The one week mark came and went for our expectations of receiving Evelyn's birth certificate, and as we rounded the bend to two weeks we found out that India's adoption authority (CARA) reviewed our papers and discovered an error in the dates on our written adoption order. CARA has now asked the District Magistrate to redo and reissue the written order. So we are back to where we were 5 1/2 weeks ago—waiting for papers, with travel a ways off again. We are obviously disappointed as we've had bags stacked and ready to go since our false alarm in January. We know we will travel and our family will be united eventually, but for today we are just sad.[...]

Posted 2023-04-13T19:44:00Z

Written Order received!

We received great news on Tuesday morning that we had received our written adoption order!! This step was supposed to only take 1-2 weeks, but it came 3 ½ weeks after our virtual hearing. This has been the hardest part of all the waiting thus far, knowing that we are SO close to travel. And while we kept saying that receiving the adoption order was our indication to buy tickets, we were wrong. We forgot that first we need a birth certificate produced. This is usually issued within a week. Usually… But we are grateful and excited to have one more step complete. Travel is on the horizon![...]