Today was our day! I am overwhelmed with gratitude!
This is my son. Silas James Gedamu Parenti.
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A passionate quest to bring my child home from Ethiopia.
About Me
facts about ethiopia
- • per capita, Ethiopia receives less aid than any country in Africa
- • 80% of the population live below US $2 a day
- • drought struck the country from 2000-2002 (lost seeds, crops and animals)
- • 47% of ethiopian children under the age of 5 are under weight
- • 1 in 6 children in ethiopia die before their fifth birthday
- • 1.5 million people in Ethiopia are infected with AIDS (6th highest in the world)
- • 720,000 children have been orphaned by AIDS alone, and there are 4.6 million orphans in Ethiopia
adoption timeline
- 7.07.09 received phone call with court date scheduled for 7.24.09
- 6.19.09 referral of healthy baby boy
- 9.24.08 officially on the waitlist
- 9.13.08 received I71H (official approval to adopt an orphan from U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services)
- 8.28.08 official approval to adopt through Gladney Center for Adoption
- 8.13.08 finalized homestudy sent to CIS
- 8.01.08 homestudy sent to Gladney for approval
- 7.29.08 FBI clearance recieved
- 7.22.08 2nd homestudy appointment
- 7.16.08 3rd set of fingerprints mailed for FBI clearance
- 6.30.08 engaged KBS to assist with dossier
- 6.27.08 2nd set of fingerprints for CIS
- 6.19.08 1st set of fingerprints mailed for criminal clearance
- 6.04.08 1st homestudy appointment
- 5.13.08 submitted official application to Gladney Center for Adoption
- 4.22.08 submitted petition for advance processing of orphan adoption to US CIS (form I600A)
- 3.20.08 received application from Gladney
- 3.18.08 Gladey received request for application
- 3.06.08 phone orientation with Gladney
- 2.28.08 sent in information sheet to Gladney and chose Gladney as my adoption agency
12 comments:
Congratulations! He is abolutely precious! We passed court today too! When do you travel?
Congratulations!!! He is so cute!!
Gorgeous!!! Congratulations
So cute! Congrats. We passed court too. We travel the last week of Aug. first week of Sep.
Great news! Congrats!
So cute! Congratulations!!!
He is so precious. Congratulations!
wowee he is adorable! congratulations!!
Congratulations. Silas is beautiful. What a wonderful day for you!
Oh he's simply beautiful!!! Congratulations!!!
Congratulations! Adorable!
Wow! 2 Silas James' in Addis. We just got a referral this week for our boy. Do you know when you travel yet?
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