I wanted to provide what I believe will be the last plan update that we will have until we find out that the adoption of Lou is complete.
Our intent is to travel to the States when the adoption is complete, so we can visit friends and family. When we find out that we are near the end, we will plan our travel dates. After we arrive, we will speak with our church mission leader about possibly supporting us here in Haiti. We hope to get Lou checked out by a pediatrician (one that specialized in Down Syndrome we hope) and take care of whatever his needs are. I would anticipate being in the States for a couple to few months, then it will be back to Haiti. All of these steps are Lord willing.
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We are depending on the Lord for direction in everything we do. We are working to spread the gospel to the people of Haiti with the Baptist Haiti Mission while we wait to complete Lou's adoption. Our primary goal in life is to show the ultimate satisfaction in knowing our Lord Jesus Christ - we pray that God be glorified. This is our adoption/missionary story...
Details: How it Began & the Latest Plan
Prayer List
- Wisdom and Knowledge into the Will of God for Our Lives
Milestones
- April 17, 2007 - Paperwork Arrives in Haiti
- May 16, 2007 - Entered IBESR (entered the paperwork process in Haiti)
- June 2007 - First Trip to Haiti
- July 2007 - I600 Paperwork Submitted
- January 2008 - Second Trip to Haiti
- April 29, 2008 - Put House up for Sale
- May 3, 2008 - Sold House
- May 17, 2008 - Out of IBESR and in Parquet
- May 30, 2008 - Last day of Work
- June 30, 2008 - Fly to Haiti
- July 1, 2008 - Pick up Lou From Orphanage
- August 23, 2008 - Out of Parquet
- December 19, 2008 - Entered MOI
- May 28, 2009 - Began Orphan First Legwork - Orphanage Drirector should have started this in October 2007 when USCIS inquired of her
- June 9, 2009 - Birth Parent Interview with USCIS (as a result of the Orphan First Program this is being done early)
- June 15, 2009 - US Embassy DNA letter to orphanage director
- July 29, 2009 - DNA Results Emailed to USCIS
- August 31, 2009 - MOI Paperwork signed
- September 9, 2009 - Out of MOI, paperwork delivered to Haitian Immigration for Passport
- September 19, 2009 - I600 Approved by Minnesota USCIS office
- September 28, 2009 - Approved I600 "cabled" to US Embassy, Port-au-Prince by the National Visa Center (New York?)
- October 2, 2009 - Passport Finished
- October 6, 2009 - Physical Exam and Tuberculosis Skin Test
- October 8, 2009 - Test Result of TB Skin test: Positive - Chest Xray taken
- October 12, 2009 - Chest Xray Results of TB: Negative (US Embassy closed for Columbus Day - dropping off paperwork tomorrow)
- October 13, 2009 - Dropped off Paperwork for Visa
- October 23, 2009 - Received Email About Visa Appointment for Monday the 26th
- October 26, 2009 - Visa Appointment (Paid for the Visa)
- October 27, 2009 - Picked up Visa
- November 4, 2009 - Leave Haiti for the US
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Coordinates for Google Earth
- Baptist Haiti Mission - 18° 28'01.79" N, 72° 17'40.59"W (elevation 3988)
- Baptist Haiti Mission Beach House (Camp) - 18° 56'06.98" N, 72° 40'51.89"W (elevation 165)
- BRESMA I (Baby Orphanage) - 18°33'36.10"N, 72°17'25.01"W
- Visa Lodge (The Hotel we have stayed at twice) - 18°34'07.24"N, 72°18'08.30"W
- Kaliko Beach Club (where we visited our first time to Haiti) - 18°52'15.99"N, 72°36'55.12"W
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- Our First Shipment
- Working Unwillingly
- A Day's Work
- Tree, Airport Run, Friend
- Aftermath So Far
- Water, Water Everywhere
- Kid Update: Louinard - Gravity Dentistry
- Hurricane Gustav
- Tropical Storm Gustav
- Great Trip!
- Going...
- He Bought Me Corn
- Money
- Smelly / Money
- Family, Another Trip, Misc.
- A Good Weekend
- Plan Update
- Tropical Storm Fay
- Mission Grounds
- Dinner / BCS: Canter - A Resolution
- Canter - A Revelation
- Doctor Bernard & Louinard
- Donations
- Donations
- Electricity / Thankful
- First Day of School
- Ran Out of Eye Patches
- Blog Colors
- Face Full of Fluid
- Shopping
- Trip to the Northwest
- Ken Will Be Away for Two Days
- Routine
- Lunch with Elanor Turnbull
- Some Additional Pictures
- Communication
- Shipping Information! And Today's Work
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3 comments:
Please tell Tina that Gwen will be in Haiti this week, arriving Tues, filing I600 at 11 AM on Wed and returning back to PA on Thurs. I would love to see her - our daughter is at GLA in Petionville!
I will tell her Gwen! Can you please send her an email in case she doesn't have yours so you guys can get in touch? tschlorf@gmail.com
Ken
Hello from Seattle WA. I came to your blog via The Cornish Family Blog. My son too, has Down Syndrome. He also (used to) reflux. We just got the ok to take him off of his food thickener. I have a mighty surplus of the thickener if you are interested in it for your little boy. It really helped his reflux when it was at it's worse. My email is litergy@hotmail.com I will pay shipping. It is not medicine, so there should'nt be a problem with customs. Please let me know if it is something you could use, or if you have any questions about reflux. Oh, we also have a medical bed wedge I could ship. It keeps him upright while he sleeps so there isn't any reflux and burning at night. Take care and may God Bless You.
Shawnda Hicks
litergy@hotmail.com
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