Good news! Our dossier was authenticated in Washington DC in record time! We were thinking that it may be because Jana sent the Department of State a little thank you email, but it turns out that our Adoption Agency sends chocolates every Christmas to the people that hand-carry the paperwork, so that is probably what did it. It generally takes the Department of State 10 business days to authenticate a document, but it only took them 2 business days to do ours! So....our dossier arrived back at our adoption agency in Utah yesterday, and today it was sent via Fed Ex to Ethiopia! It is expected to arrive there in about 4 business days. Once it gets there, we will be placed on the waiting list.
The bad news is that the wait list has gone up from about 30 to about 50 over the last several months. We are hoping for lots of referrals in the next few months so that we can climb up the list quickly, but we realize that it is going to be a long time before we get ours :-)
Now officially starts the waiting. Here's to hoping it is as short as possible! Given that Jana has been on pins and needles just waiting for this paperwork to get to Ethiopia, I have a feeling it will feel like a long wait. Other adoptive couples say that they do whatever they can to keep busy like cooking....baking...knitting...watching TV! Too bad the Walking Dead and Downton Abbey are done until next year!
Eric and Jana
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