WHEN WILL WE BE HOME? GOOD QUESTION...

WHEN ARE WE COMING HOME????

Hmmm…..

Good question!

We are coming up on the completion of our 3rd week here. Everything has gone smoothly. The first 2 steps are completed…. The bonding period and the review documenting that all the necessary documents are in our file.

From what I understand our petition to adopt passed the review and is now with Judge # 3….. Who I affectionately think of as “Mr. Judge # 3 Sir!”

Mr. Judge #3 Sir received our petition on August 22. He has 10 business days ( 2 weeks ) to approve the petition and grant us the adoption decree. This is a very BIG deal b/c that means Heidy and Andes are officially McIndoe children!!

I was hoping Mr. Judge #3 Sir would have reviewed our petition this week…. Week one… but I have not heard anything, and it is 5:00pm on Friday, so I think we are pushed into next week. That means we should hear something by Friday, September 2nd, or before.

*** Sad news flash… I just got an e-mail from our agency saying the Judge has finished with our petition but now it has to be signed my lots of offficials. “That could take one or two more weeks.”

After we receive the adoption decree we fly to Neiva, the children’s home town, to sign the decree and to receive the children’s new birth certificates.
( Pete gave me power of attorney to sig for him. )

Heidy Johanna McIndoe Crawford
and
Andres Camilo McIndoe Crawford.

In Colombia children take both parents last name. When we readopt in the states their last name will be McIndoe.

After receiving the adoption decree we fly back to Tenjo and then go to stay in Bogota for the last week. This is a very busy week with embassy appointments, dr. appointments, visa appointments…. Etc….

Once we receive the Heidy and Andres visas we get to come home!!!!

So… if I lay all that out on the calendar I think we could/should be home the week of September 12th if not before. ***Or with this new news… it could be as late the week of the 19th. What a disappointment. I wrote a note back and begged to have things move more quickly. I am SO bummed…. We need to be home… we really do…

Heidy, Andres and I are doing fine. We get to Skype home almost every day. That is fun. It is especially fun to hear everybody squeal and cheer when they talk to Heidy and Andres!

Today the girls at the foster home went to play tennis. They invited us to come with them and they let Heidy and Andres play. Oh my… I discovered new things about our children…. Heidy is very competitive, and Andres has a good arm on him! I asked him if he ever played baseball and he said no…. It will be so fun to see them blossom at home!

I am trying to be peaceful and trust God for His perfect timing.
If I think about home for too long I get tearful quite easily.

But, when I let myself be in the moment, in this beautiful place that the Lord has provided for us, with Heidy and Andres… I am peaceful, content and grateful.


Jeremiah 29:11-13

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future. Then you will call on me and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.