Where we are in our Adoption

We are navigating through an international adoption with few resources and little Canadian/Rwandan adoption history to draw on. So far, so good... We are adopting independently. The good thing is that we are now on the Rwandan side of this process - our Dossier has been approved and is now at the Ministry office there, waiting to be transferred to the Orphanage.
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We've chosen to share our story with many other families out there and hope that maybe some of this will feel familiar to you...some of the empty poetry lines and white spaces might echo inside of you as well.

As we continue onward past the year long mark and beyond, we have found solace in reading other adoptive family stories. We notice many people visiting from all over the world...it would be great if you let us know why. What brings you to our pages?

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Saturday, May 8, 2010

One last piece of paper...

Last week we went to Vancouver to get our 4 Dossiers notarized. We had everything there we needed, but our agency hadn't sent the Ministry the fax for our final approval letter.

So here we are waiting.

again and still.

It is has been a challenging week because we have all of our information organized and ready to be sent away, except one last letter. It has been such a long process and the last week has felt like a week of unnecessary waiting. I hold in my heart that the timing will all work out perfect in the end and I try to let go of what I can't control.

This is an ongoing and reoccurring lesson for me.

In the inbetween time...I will be out in the garden and in the sunshine with my pup. We both energize from that sunshine and it is a reminder of the long summer days on the way. There is lots to do around the house to keep a girl busy.
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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 8, 2010 at 12:40 PM

    Great news Gail and Scott:) Let us know how things go-we are nearing the end of our Home Study (I think!) but are waiting on the NS government to decide whether they are going to forward our dossier or not. They think there is inconsistency in the Rwandan process (which I can`t see myself, but oh well). We are trying to move ahead but it is slow-going.

    With the notarization, did you just bring all your copies to a notary or lawyer for signing and stamping-I have read some American blogs that talk about the notary having to be present when the doctor signs the medical forms, etc.

    Good luck with everything, hopefully we won`t be too far behind you:)

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  2. Gail and ScottMay 11, 2010 at 6:58 PM

    Hi Hollie,

    We brought all of our sheets to a lawyer and he notarized them all at once.

    We have also found a company in Ottawa than may be able to speed up the authentication process:

    Enterprise Legal Services
    Attn: Pegi Croome
    Suite 303 - 1390 Prince of Wales Dr
    Ottawa Ontario K2C 3N6 Canada
    tel: 613-226-1001

    It will increase some of the fees, but it may also speed things up.

    let me know if there is anything else you need...or any questions.

    good luck!

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  3. AnonymousMay 13, 2010 at 6:38 AM

    Thanks for the link! Do they chase up your dossier at the Rwandan Embassy for you?

    I think the waiting is going to kill me:)

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  4. Gail and ScottMay 14, 2010 at 2:37 PM

    Yes, they will bring the dossier to the embassy as well and then mail it back to us...it is quite a good service, by the sounds of it.

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