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.