Big Box Arrived

Knock at the door. Parcel delivery. Ron thinks it is from Jesse's bio grandparents for some reason. Still haven't understood why yet :) The box is heavy. Oh my goodness it is from our adoption agency CAFAC. It contains our work-book (very, very thick folder) and all the instructions for our dossier. I glance in the work-book and gulp. Lots to read. We have to answer questions and then mail the replies back to CAFAC. I finished 4 pages of these already last night. I guess that is what you call enthusiasm eh?

My neighbour came over to sign my British passport papers as I just realised it expires in June. She also gulped when she saw how thick the folder was and she is a psychologist who would probably fly through the attachment part of the course.

Canadian passport will have to wait until another copy of my birth certificate arrives from the UK.

My latest concern is that the medicals we did for Haiti don't have tests for hepatitis and TB. Evidently we need that. I will have to wait for our agency contact to come back from Ethiopia and check.

Our social worker is doing another page for our home study so that it can be changed from Haiti. No idea if they are doing it correctly. I will get CAFAC to check that too.

Otherwise, I find the Ethiopian dossier to be much easier than a Haitian one. CAFAC will get it all notarized and sent to the DFAIT in Ottawa and then to the Ethiopian Embassy. Some agencies seem to require you to do that yourselves.

If any body reading this has an Ethiopian adoption blog, let me know and I will link you.