Relocation
We've been sharing our time between
two states. We purchased a home in
rural northwest Pennsylvania, where
even in June the temperatures get down
into the 30s.
We're doing a lot of work on this old
cottage both inside and out. Here begins
the "before" pictures!
-Sarah and Erik
We've been sharing our time between
two states. We purchased a home in
rural northwest Pennsylvania, where
even in June the temperatures get down
into the 30s.
We're doing a lot of work on this old
cottage both inside and out. Here begins
the "before" pictures!
-Sarah and Erik
Erik and Sarah
| June 2009 |
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| Winter 2009 |
She's almost here!
We have gone through the mountains of paperwork, inspections, medical exams, and
fingerprinting for our adoption approval. We have been awarded official guardianship by
the Indian government and petitioned the US government to classify Srushti as an
immediate relative so that she can immigrate. We're waiting to make visa appointments
and travel plans. We expect to have her home mid-July.
We need your prayers! Please pray for our child’s birth mother. Entrusting the care of
your child to strangers has to be one of the hardest things any woman has to face. May
God give her comfort that this child will be loved and cared for most richly. Pray for the
health and well-being our little one. Pray that everything go smoothly and that we’ll be
united with the child that God has chosen for us without much ado. Pray that God
prepare us or the difficult task of raising children.
We have gone through the mountains of paperwork, inspections, medical exams, and
fingerprinting for our adoption approval. We have been awarded official guardianship by
the Indian government and petitioned the US government to classify Srushti as an
immediate relative so that she can immigrate. We're waiting to make visa appointments
and travel plans. We expect to have her home mid-July.
We need your prayers! Please pray for our child’s birth mother. Entrusting the care of
your child to strangers has to be one of the hardest things any woman has to face. May
God give her comfort that this child will be loved and cared for most richly. Pray for the
health and well-being our little one. Pray that everything go smoothly and that we’ll be
united with the child that God has chosen for us without much ado. Pray that God
prepare us or the difficult task of raising children.
Adoption Time Line
June 8, 2009: I600 Approved, Srushti can now come home
May 28, 2009: Submitted I600
April 15, 2009: Verbal Guardianship
August 22, 2008: Received Referral
March 13, 2008: Approved by DHS
February 04, 2008: All preliminary paperwork DONE!
January 25, 2008: Submitted I-600A Form
January 18, 2008: Submitted Dossier to agency
December 28, 2007: Final Homestudy Meeting
October 2007: Submitted Application to agency
June 11, 2007: Srushti entered the orphanage
June 8, 2009: I600 Approved, Srushti can now come home
May 28, 2009: Submitted I600
April 15, 2009: Verbal Guardianship
August 22, 2008: Received Referral
March 13, 2008: Approved by DHS
February 04, 2008: All preliminary paperwork DONE!
January 25, 2008: Submitted I-600A Form
January 18, 2008: Submitted Dossier to agency
December 28, 2007: Final Homestudy Meeting
October 2007: Submitted Application to agency
June 11, 2007: Srushti entered the orphanage
Come home soon, sweet baby!
Meet Srushti. She will be two on June
5th. She's been living in an orphanage in
India since she was only six days old.
Her birth mother was too poor to care
for this precious little girl.
5th. She's been living in an orphanage in
India since she was only six days old.
Her birth mother was too poor to care
for this precious little girl.
| Srushti |
Building Our Family Through Adoption