Hello! Lots of you have asked what we need to happen in order to come home. Here's our checklist.
UPDATE:We just spoke with Isabel at 12:10 today. She updated us on our progress. Step 4 and 5 have been completed. We are in court #7. We now are waiting for the Defender of Minors to approve us.
1. Receive you child. DONE 9/11
2. Notarized documents. DONE 9/12
3. Interview with ICBF. DONE 9/17
4. The case if filed after receiving the ICBF approval and is distributed to a court 2 days later. DONE 9/25 (Just found out today)
5. The judge has up to 10 business days to review and approve our case. DONE 9/25 (Just found out today)
6. The defender of miniors has up to 5 business days to approve our case.
7. The judge then has up to 10 business days to dictate the Sentencia
8. The defender of minors has up to 5 business days to approve the Sentencia.
9. Change the old birth cerfiticate and get a new one for Joshua Danford Theis.
10. Get a Colombian passport for Josh.
11. Go to the doctor at the US Embassy and get the okay for Josh to enter the US.
12. Go to the US Consulate to get Josh's Visa.
13. Buy a plane ticket for Josh to come HOME!!!!
We may not hear anything until step 7 and we get sentencia OR our lawyer may let us know as 4, 5, and 6 happen. We don't have anything to do until we sign one last piece of paper associated with step 7, the final adoption decree. This is the big day we really wait for! As you can see if you add up the days, we could be here 2 more weeks or 6 more weeks. Some courts are fast and some courts are slow. Now you know exactly how to pray for us! Thanks!!
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Hi Chad, Kristin and Josh
Thanks for the update! I'm bet you are glad you some kind of update today! We will continue to pray that this process goes quickly! Enjoy the rest of your day! Take care!
--D&K
Woo Hoo!! Glad to hear things are moving along... We all miss you here at PH ~~ Gail
hey hey hey!
we've already been praying but now i feel like we can be more specific! thanks for that! it's very clear and concise! : )
love and hugs to all of you!
: )
hey guys!
wow looks like you have a ways to go, but i'm definatly praying for you. Everything has been going very well with both Cloey and Mikki. Weather has been a little better here, but should be great for homecoming (which is always a plus in my book) :) Thought you would like an update on what's going on here: Cloey has started to somewhat tell me that she misses you through some signs that she's been giving me, nothing to worry about too much, I'm giving her all the love that I can with school, and other things going on, but she has certainly has seen a lot of me lately (almost 5 hours a day-weekdays, and I spend about half the day plus part of the night-on weekends). I'm surprised how well Mikki is doing, nothing out of the ordinary, loves to be pet by me which is great. My thoughts and prayers are with you for a speedy return home.
Laura,Cloey,and Mikki
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