Today we received the best Christmas present ever…a ruling
from the Ugandan courts finalizing our adoption of Daniel. It is a little
strange because now we can say that Daniel is officially our son, but anyone
who knows our family, knows that Daniel was officially our son from the moment
he came to live with us 3 years and 9 months ago… we just didn’t have the paper
to prove it… now we do!!! It was a little difficult to explain to Daniel
because this day doesn’t really validate anything for him, he has been our son
as far back as he can remember! For that we are so thankful! We are also
incredibly thankful for everyone at home that has continued to support us through
prayer during this process.
So what’s next? While this is another huge step there is
still paperwork to be filed in order to bring Daniel back to the US, but this
time as a citizen. The one good thing is that the remaining paperwork will all
be filed through the US Embassy and if they say it will take 2 weeks… it will
take 2 weeks! Jamesdon and I were ready to jump in the car and leave for
Kampala this weekend to file the paperwork, but quickly realized that Wednesday
is Christmas and while the Embassy works on a slightly less-African timetable,
like any red blooded American, they take off a day or two for Christmas . So we
are going to patiently wait until Thursday (if we are able to get an
appointment at the Embassy for Friday) or Sunday (if we don’t get an
appointment until the following week). Once we file the paperwork with the US
Embassy, we will have a better idea of when we will get to come home and start
to make arrangements for that.
We are all looking forward to coming home and getting to
share life with all of our wonderful friends and family.
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