Timeline for Jonathan
Mid-March 2011 - First saw "Turner's" new listing on RR and he made my heart go pitter-patter :-)
3/19/11 - God lays "Turner" on my heart BIG time
3/20/11 - God answers my "fleece" I lay down BIG time (by the way, don't ever lay a fleece down about the word "orphan" being mentioned in the sermon when someone is sharing about a mission trip to Africa LOL) and I ask Pat to pray about adding "Turner" to our family
3/24/11 - Find out our Noah has gone to be with Jesus - also have post-placement visit for Elijah that night - talk w/ SW about potentially updating homestudy
3/27/11 - Tell Andrea at RR we would like to adopt "Turner" whom we will call Jonathan
4/11/11 - Jonathan is on the My Family Found Me page on RR! YAY!
4/11 - April is consumed by paperwork! Post-adoption for Elijah, taxes, homestudy update and dossier prep!
4/28/11 - Make big announcement on our blog we are adopting Jonathan!
4/29/11 - Pick up apostilled dossier in Madison
5/1/11 - Send completed dossier with Max to hand carry back to EE
5/12/11 - Dossier submitted to SDA!
5/24/11 - Find out our SDA appt is on June 9th! We leave in 2 weeks!!!!
6/9/11 - We accept Jonathan's referral at the SDA.
6/11/11 - We meet Jonathan!
6/25/11 - Court! We are now officially a family of 9!!!
7/6/11 - 10-day is up - Gotcha Day - one day passport - train back to Kiev!!!
7/9/11 - HOME!!!!!
Timeline for Elijah
Early/Mid 2009 - First learn about Reece's Rainbow
11/09 - We start following the Zoromski's process of bringing Lily home
12/09 - Our oldest daughter starts following RR blog and blogs of other RR families
Early 6/10 - I (Jill) start "studying" the Reece's Rainbow (RR) site in preparation for Pat and Sarah's mission trip to visit orphanages in another Eastern European country
6/8/10 - I spent several hours looking at the RR site and saw Elijah's picture and just "knew" in my heart that we needed to bring him home
6/9-11/10 - I couldn't stop thinking about him!
6/12/10 - I finally share my heart (and tears) about Elijah with Pat. He was not surprised and promised to pray about it to discern the Lord's will for our family
6/17/10 - Pat says "YES!" I contact Reece's Rainbow to inquire about Elijah.
6/20/10 - We tell the kids. They are ecstatic!!! (They have been following Lily's blog too and by now have seen many, many photos of her.)
6/21/10 - Contact home study agency
6/25/10 - Home study application is sent in - we are officially underway!
7/10/10 - Attend training class for home study
7/17/10 - Receive updated photos of Elijah - he is so sweet I can hardly stand it! More tears of course...
7/23/10 - Officially commited with RR to bring Elijah home!
8/11/10 - First home study visit and on-line classes complete
8/13/10 - Second home study visit
8/16/10 - Send first set of documents to Elijah's country - arrived August 20th
8/26/10 - Received notarized copy of home study and sent off I-600A application!
9/1/10 - I-600A is at the USCIS office
9/9/10 - Receive letters for fingerprint appts on October 4th
9/14/10 - Failed attempt in Milwaukee for early fingerprints
9/17/10 - Elijah turns 3 years old!
9/19/10 - Pat runs marathon in honor of Elijah's birthday
9/27/10 - We are finally assigned an officer at USCIS to process our I-600A application! She is favorable to "bump" us up for a quick approval!
10/910 - Surprised and overjoyed to find the I-171H approval in the mail!!!!!!
10/10/10 - Elijah Joseph Benefit!
10/15/10 - Redo 15 documents for dossier because the apostille sheet is incorrect. Drive to Madison with new documents to get re-apostilled. Works out fine!
10/17/10 - Find out at church that we are FULLY FUNDED from the benefit!!! Over $17,000 was raised!!!! Praise the Lord!!!
10/18/10 - Pat drives to Valpo/Indianapolis to get new employment letter after failed apostille attempt
10/19/10 - New letter is apostilled and the dossier is sent off to EE!!!! YAY!!!!
10/22/10 - Dossier is in our facilitator's hands in Elijah's country
10/28/10 - Dossier is SUBMITTED!!!
11/10/10 - Receive our SDA appt date for November 30th!!!
11/12/10 - Book flights to leave on Nov. 27th - SO excited!
11/30/10 - SDA appt in Elijah's country
12/1/10 - Officially receive Elijah's referral and permission to visit him
12/2/10 - MEET ELIJAH!!!
12/10/10 - Court declares us Elijah's parents and 10-day waiting period begins
12/21/10 - 10-day waiting period ends and we have his NEW birth certificate
12/27/10 - GOTCHA DAY!
12/30/10 - HOME!!!!!
Mid-3/11 - Elijah's Certificate of Citizenship arrives in the mail.
Mid-3/11 - Get Elijah's Social Securty # 6 days after applying for it
3/14/11 - Post placement visit with social worker
4/28/11 - Re-adoption court date at the county courthouse
55/11 - Elijah's Certificate of Birth Facts arrives in the mail! We are DONE with the adoption process!!!! :-)
Mid-March 2011 - First saw "Turner's" new listing on RR and he made my heart go pitter-patter :-)
3/19/11 - God lays "Turner" on my heart BIG time
3/20/11 - God answers my "fleece" I lay down BIG time (by the way, don't ever lay a fleece down about the word "orphan" being mentioned in the sermon when someone is sharing about a mission trip to Africa LOL) and I ask Pat to pray about adding "Turner" to our family
3/24/11 - Find out our Noah has gone to be with Jesus - also have post-placement visit for Elijah that night - talk w/ SW about potentially updating homestudy
3/27/11 - Tell Andrea at RR we would like to adopt "Turner" whom we will call Jonathan
4/11/11 - Jonathan is on the My Family Found Me page on RR! YAY!
4/11 - April is consumed by paperwork! Post-adoption for Elijah, taxes, homestudy update and dossier prep!
4/28/11 - Make big announcement on our blog we are adopting Jonathan!
4/29/11 - Pick up apostilled dossier in Madison
5/1/11 - Send completed dossier with Max to hand carry back to EE
5/12/11 - Dossier submitted to SDA!
5/24/11 - Find out our SDA appt is on June 9th! We leave in 2 weeks!!!!
6/9/11 - We accept Jonathan's referral at the SDA.
6/11/11 - We meet Jonathan!
6/25/11 - Court! We are now officially a family of 9!!!
7/6/11 - 10-day is up - Gotcha Day - one day passport - train back to Kiev!!!
7/9/11 - HOME!!!!!
7/14/11 - Jonathan turns ONE year old!
11/11/11 - Jonathan's readoption process is complete after a court hearing! DONE w/ adoption paperwork!Timeline for Elijah
Early/Mid 2009 - First learn about Reece's Rainbow
11/09 - We start following the Zoromski's process of bringing Lily home
12/09 - Our oldest daughter starts following RR blog and blogs of other RR families
Early 6/10 - I (Jill) start "studying" the Reece's Rainbow (RR) site in preparation for Pat and Sarah's mission trip to visit orphanages in another Eastern European country
6/8/10 - I spent several hours looking at the RR site and saw Elijah's picture and just "knew" in my heart that we needed to bring him home
6/9-11/10 - I couldn't stop thinking about him!
6/12/10 - I finally share my heart (and tears) about Elijah with Pat. He was not surprised and promised to pray about it to discern the Lord's will for our family
6/17/10 - Pat says "YES!" I contact Reece's Rainbow to inquire about Elijah.
6/20/10 - We tell the kids. They are ecstatic!!! (They have been following Lily's blog too and by now have seen many, many photos of her.)
6/21/10 - Contact home study agency
6/25/10 - Home study application is sent in - we are officially underway!
7/10/10 - Attend training class for home study
7/17/10 - Receive updated photos of Elijah - he is so sweet I can hardly stand it! More tears of course...
7/23/10 - Officially commited with RR to bring Elijah home!
8/11/10 - First home study visit and on-line classes complete
8/13/10 - Second home study visit
8/16/10 - Send first set of documents to Elijah's country - arrived August 20th
8/26/10 - Received notarized copy of home study and sent off I-600A application!
9/1/10 - I-600A is at the USCIS office
9/9/10 - Receive letters for fingerprint appts on October 4th
9/14/10 - Failed attempt in Milwaukee for early fingerprints
9/17/10 - Elijah turns 3 years old!
9/19/10 - Pat runs marathon in honor of Elijah's birthday
9/27/10 - We are finally assigned an officer at USCIS to process our I-600A application! She is favorable to "bump" us up for a quick approval!
10/910 - Surprised and overjoyed to find the I-171H approval in the mail!!!!!!
10/10/10 - Elijah Joseph Benefit!
10/15/10 - Redo 15 documents for dossier because the apostille sheet is incorrect. Drive to Madison with new documents to get re-apostilled. Works out fine!
10/17/10 - Find out at church that we are FULLY FUNDED from the benefit!!! Over $17,000 was raised!!!! Praise the Lord!!!
10/18/10 - Pat drives to Valpo/Indianapolis to get new employment letter after failed apostille attempt
10/19/10 - New letter is apostilled and the dossier is sent off to EE!!!! YAY!!!!
10/22/10 - Dossier is in our facilitator's hands in Elijah's country
10/28/10 - Dossier is SUBMITTED!!!
11/10/10 - Receive our SDA appt date for November 30th!!!
11/12/10 - Book flights to leave on Nov. 27th - SO excited!
11/30/10 - SDA appt in Elijah's country
12/1/10 - Officially receive Elijah's referral and permission to visit him
12/2/10 - MEET ELIJAH!!!
12/10/10 - Court declares us Elijah's parents and 10-day waiting period begins
12/21/10 - 10-day waiting period ends and we have his NEW birth certificate
12/27/10 - GOTCHA DAY!
12/30/10 - HOME!!!!!
Mid-3/11 - Elijah's Certificate of Citizenship arrives in the mail.
Mid-3/11 - Get Elijah's Social Securty # 6 days after applying for it
3/14/11 - Post placement visit with social worker
4/28/11 - Re-adoption court date at the county courthouse
55/11 - Elijah's Certificate of Birth Facts arrives in the mail! We are DONE with the adoption process!!!! :-)
