The Garrisons


Follow our journey on adoption #3 for child #8!

Monday, October 6, 2008

Our Dossier is IN ETHIOPIA!!

We got an email from our family coordinator today that our dossier was sent to Ethiopia on Friday!! So, our official DTE is 10-03-08!! I went to track our package today and found out it is ALREADY in Ethiopia!! It is so exciting to think that the hands that are handling our dossier now are Ethiopian hands!

Many people have asked me, "What is next?" Well, we wait. That's it. We've pretty much done all we can do for about the next 7 months.....now our official wait begins. Our agency estimates that we will wait about 5-7 months for a referral of an infant of either sex.....although I've never seen anyone wait only 5 months, it tends to be closer to 7 months. (BTW - this can change at any time - the wait can become longer or shorter). This is just a guestimate - their best guess based upon past referrals.

Thank you for your prayers - Thank you, God, for seeing us this far!

I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations;
I will sing of you among the peoples.
For great is your love, reaching to the heavens;
your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
Psalm 57:9,10

2 comments:

Gretchen Magruder said...

woo hoo!! congratulations!!

Melissa Juvinall said...

Congrats, Garrisons!
Melissa Juvinall