Today E's citizenship papers were sent out. This then marks the beginning of the big wait. Not necessarily long, just BIG because it is the only part of the waiting that doesn't have a specific timeline. If you read back Z's citizenship was granted in 24 hours. Before her and at no point after has it ever come in that fast. We are praying for the timeline again! In the last couple of months it has taken other families between 6-16 days. So we wait. . .and pray. . .and try to keep busy.
The process of getting these papers off went rather smoothly. Court order came in, Adam went to the copy store and ran off a large amount of copies of important documents. Then went to the local police station to get all said documents notarized(where they were super helpful and they do it for free) then off to the Home Affairs to file 6 forms that we had filled in with the said notarized documents. For others this has taken almost an entire day of running around so super blessed to only be done in a couple of hours.
Adam has now been to the Home Affairs office 3 times this week. Gene drops him off(as the place is a zoo and there is no parking) and heads up the street to the McDonalds. Gene says they recognise him there now as a regular. Monday the forms were picked up, Thursday they were dropped off and today they were dropped off again as apparently they handed him everything back that they were supposed to keep. Oops! It is not a quick trip as they have there own unique way of doing things there. Adam says it is quite an event.
Today we hit the large mall in the area. I packed light to begin with and counted on E being large but ended up giving a bag full of clothes away to our maid as there was no way I was squeezing him in them. Ended up buying him a pair of size 3 pants and 4 shirt. He is thick, long waisted and oh so cute!
Highlights of this post:
1. Citizenship processing begins! Yeh!!
2. Watching E's face lite up when his sisters wake up and join him every morning in the living room. He hears them coming, gets a big smile and runs to give them a good morning hug. Warms a mom's heart!
The process of getting these papers off went rather smoothly. Court order came in, Adam went to the copy store and ran off a large amount of copies of important documents. Then went to the local police station to get all said documents notarized(where they were super helpful and they do it for free) then off to the Home Affairs to file 6 forms that we had filled in with the said notarized documents. For others this has taken almost an entire day of running around so super blessed to only be done in a couple of hours.
Adam has now been to the Home Affairs office 3 times this week. Gene drops him off(as the place is a zoo and there is no parking) and heads up the street to the McDonalds. Gene says they recognise him there now as a regular. Monday the forms were picked up, Thursday they were dropped off and today they were dropped off again as apparently they handed him everything back that they were supposed to keep. Oops! It is not a quick trip as they have there own unique way of doing things there. Adam says it is quite an event.
Today we hit the large mall in the area. I packed light to begin with and counted on E being large but ended up giving a bag full of clothes away to our maid as there was no way I was squeezing him in them. Ended up buying him a pair of size 3 pants and 4 shirt. He is thick, long waisted and oh so cute!
Highlights of this post:
1. Citizenship processing begins! Yeh!!
2. Watching E's face lite up when his sisters wake up and join him every morning in the living room. He hears them coming, gets a big smile and runs to give them a good morning hug. Warms a mom's heart!
I just gave away B's size 3 and 4's! If I had know I would have saved them for you! What a big boy you have! I love to hear how he is bonding with his sisters! Praying the citizenship comes through quick!
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