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Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God; may Your good spirit lead me on level ground. Psalm 143:10
- The Sewell Family
- Brian and I have been married 13 years this December. We have 3 amazing children, Owen 8, Cade 6 and Faith 4. God called Brian and I to adopt in the Spring of 2010. This blog documented our journey to China as we brought home Faith Lei on November 23, 2011. This fall we started the adoption process again to complete our family with a 2nd daughter, Lydia Li.
Owen
Cade
Faith
Lydia's Adoption Timeline
- Walked in for biometric fingerprints
- April 9th Receipt from Immigration
- March 27th Received Pre-Approval and submitted I800 paperwork
- Homestudy Complete
- March 17th Submitted Letter of Intent to Adopt
- March 3rd Put Jin LiYa's file on Hold
- October 2013, Application to Lifeline
TIME IN CHINA
Blog Archive
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2011
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November
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- Loooong Update!
- Birmingham Here We Come!!!
- Day 5 in Guangzhou
- Day 4 in Guangzhou
- Guangzhou Day 3
- Guangzhou Day 2
- Guangzhou Day 1
- Guangzhou here we come!
- Last Full Day in Chengdu City, Faith's Birthplace
- Notes from Faith's Foster Mom
- Day 5 Chengdu City
- Day 4
- Day 3 with Faith
- Day 2 with Faith
- Faith's First Day with her Mama and Baba!
- Gotcha Day
- Past due update!
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November
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Faith's Adoption Timeline
- April 16th: Application Delivered to Villa Hope
- April 21st: Information Meeting/1st Homestudy Meeting
- April 29th: Fingerprints Taken
- April 30th: Fingerprint Packet Mailed to SBCN
- June 10th: Fingerprints/Background Clearance Received
- June/July: Worked on Course Work and Paperwork
- August 2nd: Delivered Al Application to Villa Hope, Wait begins for DHR Clearance 4-6 weeks
- Sept 3rd: Need to resend DHR Clearance Form due to dates timed out, Assigned Social Worker
- Sept 11th: IAC Seminar, Met Social Worker, Scheduled 1st Meeting
- Sept 13th: 1st Official Homestudy Meeting with Social Worker
- Sept 21st: 2nd Homestudy Meeting
- Sept 27th: DHR Child Abuse Clearance received!
- Oct 6th: Final Homestudy Visit
- Oct 27th: Homestudy Approved!
- Nov 2nd: I800A sent to Immigration
- Nov 9th:Paula Medical
- Nov 19th: Background Checks
- Nov 22nd: Brian Medical
- Dec 2nd:Biometric Fingerprints Taken
- Dec 7th: Psychological Test
- Jan 3rd: I-797/Immigration Approval Arrived
- Jan 3rd: 8 Forms Authenticated Sec of State
- Jan 17th: Final Forms Authenticated from Sec of State
- Jan 27th: Documents back from China Consulate in Houston
- Jan 31st: Dossier to China!!!!!!
- Feb 21st: Logged In!! List goes out!!
- April 25th: Received Referral at 8:02 pm!
- April 26th: Medical reviewed by IAC, Accepted Referral after talking to Dr. Chambers at 9:45 pm.
- April 27th: CC sent our LOI to China!
- May 6th: PreApproval to adopt Hu WuLei!!
- Aug 18th: LOA!!! Finally!!!
- Sept 12th: I-800 Approval
- Sept 20th: NVC letter/ Cabeled?
- Oct 17th: Article 5 at CCWA
- Nov 10: Gotcha Day
Oh my goodness, Paula!!!!!! Well I'm a soggy mess right now. ;) That smile... I knew she would have it when she was finally with you two. Thanks for posting. You've been on my mind constantly. Can't wait to read about everything and see more pictures but for now enjoy your sweet daughter. Love you!!
ReplyDeleteTo Him who is able to do immeasurably more. . . . Hallelujah!!!!! Faith is beautiful and her smile is like the sun when she looks into the eyes of her Mommy. So VERY happy for you all!!! God is AMAZING!!! :)
ReplyDeleteCongrats! So happy for all of you!
ReplyDeleteShe is amazingly beautiful and you look so happy. Her extensions were 'cute', but I love that you took them off and let her hair down so to speak! God is so good!! Perfect that it all worked out for you to travel so quickly! Blessings!! We are right behind you!
ReplyDeleteSo happy for you and Brian...I love her sweet smile when she is looking at you!!! God is good! Can't wait to see more! xoxo!
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