Biometrics

December 10 we made the trek to Des Moines to have our fingerprints taken as part of our I600a process. It was a lot of driving for the 5 minutes it took to scan our fingerprints and stamp our papers. But, it's done! And now we wait and pray and hope our approval comes back quickly!

A quick picture we snapped before leaving :)

We are anxiously waiting for our referral and praying for a speedy process. Having our I600a approval is a big, big step torward that. As always we are praying for the funds to come together to accept our referrals. Right after that step we will turn around and have to pay for our court costs. Since things will most likely (and hopefully) move quickly these payments will have to happen very closely together. We hope, pray and anticipate travel to pick up our kids to be anywhere from 4-9 months after referral. Most other families going the route we are have traveled in 4-5 months. That is both exciting and terrifying! Exciting in that our children won't have to be without their family for long but terrifying in that we have a lot of fundraising ahead of us!