Adoption Complete!!! (almost)

Yesterday we had our final interview at the embassy. They approved our I-600 petition to clasify orphan as an immediate relative. That means that the US government recognizes our guatemalan adoption and he is classified as being our child! They also approved his IR3 visa which means that we will all be able to travel to the US and when we land and go through customs, Anzo will become a US citizen!! I pick up his visa at 3:30 today.

We had purchased tickets for the whole family at the beginning of April for us to travel May 13, hoping that the adoption would be done. God is faithful and we will receive Anzo's visa on the last possible day before our flight (the embassy is closed Fri-Sun). Now he will be a citizen, Heather can be in the states with family while I visit Jordan on a project trip, and we can travel back to Guatemala together!

God is Good!

P.S. the reason I say (almost) complete is that I do still have to pick up the visa and then travel to the states before the process is complete but those are just formalities. Also when we move back to the States we will have to "re-adopt" him in our state but that is a short and simple process that some people don't even choose to do for years after the adoption.

Bok Bok diet

Abi loves to carry our chicken Bok Bok around and play with her just like a doll. Bok Bok loves to eat shiney things. When both of these are together, what do you get? Bok Bok ate Abi's earring right out of her ear!

Abi came running into the house saying that she lost her earring (something that happens on way too regular a basis). The thing that made this so different was that the cicken had pecked it right out of here ear. She was just fine with only a couple peck marks on here ear.

The next day Bok Bok laid her usual egg and Anzo came running inside proclaiming, "I think the earring is inside"