God's plan for us revealed one day at a time.
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Where we are.
Well, alot of people are asking where we are in our adoption process. When I start to explain and then explain what needs to happen next I start to see a glazed look come over their eyes. I'm sure they think we're crazy to be so excited about the step we just made thinking "Man they have a loooong ways to go!" but honestly it's really not that far. I don't bore them with all the steps we had to take to actually get to where we are at this point but if they only knew they would be shouting and yelling, as well. So here it goes the run down put simply of where we are......
Recieve notarized copies of homestudy
Send in to USCIS for fingerprinting appt. then when completed receive FDL letter
Once we receive this letter we can formally send in our Dossier
When Dossier is approved and we send in our next monetary installment we officially go on the "waiting list"
Once on the "waiting list" it's completely out of our hands and we waaiiiitttttt (One may ask how long this wait is. Well, average right now is 10-12 months but God can do anything so we have no idea)
Sometimes when people ask I really wish they would follow our blog but I really can't say "Well, we document all of this, just follow our blog." For those that do follow our blog here it is and yes I will still love to talk to you in person about it all. :) Sometimes it's just easier to see it laid out then try to follow someone trying to explain it all in person.
Recieve notarized copies of homestudy
Send in to USCIS for fingerprinting appt. then when completed receive FDL letter
Once we receive this letter we can formally send in our Dossier
When Dossier is approved and we send in our next monetary installment we officially go on the "waiting list"
Once on the "waiting list" it's completely out of our hands and we waaiiiitttttt (One may ask how long this wait is. Well, average right now is 10-12 months but God can do anything so we have no idea)
Sometimes when people ask I really wish they would follow our blog but I really can't say "Well, we document all of this, just follow our blog." For those that do follow our blog here it is and yes I will still love to talk to you in person about it all. :) Sometimes it's just easier to see it laid out then try to follow someone trying to explain it all in person.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Just last night Joel and I watched a movie called "Black Gold". It's about the coffee industry in Ethiopia and what is happening to the coffee farmer there. It was very interesting and honestly quite sobering to hear all that is happening to these poor families that are working so hard.
I believe you can even watch it online (we got ours thru Netflix). It's an awesome look into Ethiopia and it's people, too so we were very interested in it. I tell you what it really makes you think about what coffee you drink.
http://www.blackgoldmovie.com/story.php
The Story:
Multinational coffee companies now rule our shopping malls and supermarkets and dominate the industry worth over $80 billion, making coffee the most valuable trading commodity in the world after oil.
But while we continue to pay for our lattes and cappuccinos, the price paid to coffee farmers remains so low that many have been forced to abandon their coffee fields.
Nowhere is this paradox more evident than in Ethiopia, the birthplace of coffee. Tadesse Meskela is one man on a mission to save his 74,000 struggling coffee farmers from bankruptcy. As his farmers strive to harvest some of the highest quality coffee beans on the international market, Tadesse travels the world in an attempt to find buyers willing to pay a fair price.
Against the backdrop of Tadesse's journey to London and Seattle, the enormous power of the multinational players that dominate the world's coffee trade becomes apparent. New York commodity traders, the international coffee exchanges, and the double dealings of trade ministers at the World Trade Organisation reveal the many challenges Tadesse faces in his quest for a long term solution for his farmers.
I believe you can even watch it online (we got ours thru Netflix). It's an awesome look into Ethiopia and it's people, too so we were very interested in it. I tell you what it really makes you think about what coffee you drink.
http://www.blackgoldmovie.com/story.php
The Story:
Multinational coffee companies now rule our shopping malls and supermarkets and dominate the industry worth over $80 billion, making coffee the most valuable trading commodity in the world after oil.
But while we continue to pay for our lattes and cappuccinos, the price paid to coffee farmers remains so low that many have been forced to abandon their coffee fields.
Nowhere is this paradox more evident than in Ethiopia, the birthplace of coffee. Tadesse Meskela is one man on a mission to save his 74,000 struggling coffee farmers from bankruptcy. As his farmers strive to harvest some of the highest quality coffee beans on the international market, Tadesse travels the world in an attempt to find buyers willing to pay a fair price.
Against the backdrop of Tadesse's journey to London and Seattle, the enormous power of the multinational players that dominate the world's coffee trade becomes apparent. New York commodity traders, the international coffee exchanges, and the double dealings of trade ministers at the World Trade Organisation reveal the many challenges Tadesse faces in his quest for a long term solution for his farmers.
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