Today our paperwork got sent by FedEx over to Ethiopia!!! Praise God!!! WOOO HOOO!!! So today is our DTE (Dossier to Ethiopia) date!!! Our yahoo group keeps an unofficial waiting list, so I think we are something like number 17 for a boy, 19 for a girl, and 5 for siblings. The average wait time is 4-6 months. We are obviously hoping for the shorter end of that. So if all goes well we will have a referral by the middle of November and maybe meeting our child(ren) by Christmas!!!! I feel like we have been talking about one day it will happen and now there is an end in sight!!! AHHHH!!!
Our official request is either gender for all- one 0-6months, twins 0-12months, or siblings 0-12months and 0-4 years!!
Let the real wait begin......
So exciting!!! One huge step closer!
ReplyDeleteOMGosh! What a cause for celebration!!!! Breathe easier. Sleep sounder. Keep praising God! You have done a lot of hard work ~ and now the waiting that REALLY counts begins! YAY! (You will not even believe how close your child/ren request matches ours!) We have SO MUCH in common in this journey!!!! So neat! :o)
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your new status of DTE!!!!!!!
I am a fellow AWAA yahoo person and just wanted to say congratulation on being DTE!! How can those 3 little letters mean so much? We are DTE 4/23 and so excited for our new little person. God bless you on your journey. Hey are you in the Chicago area? We're in Winfield/Wheaton area.
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God bless,
Katie
I am SOOO happy for you guys!!! I cannot wait to meet the newst Mowen and watch him/her grow up!
ReplyDeleteYea! Great news that I've been waiting for! So now the "real" waiting begins! It may seem like forever, but enjoy being just the "2" of you because that will change faster than you may realize! Your in my prayers!
ReplyDeletecongrats to you all as well!! can you believe ALL that paper work is finally out of our hands on its way to Ethiopia!?! i'm sure you all feel just as excited as we do!!
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