On Monday afternoon, we got the file! It's been a crazy week since. Brian and I are praying over this little fella and feeling really confident about him.
A lot of people have been asking what happens next, so here's a general timeline that we just got from the agency:
- We will take his file to a doctor to be reviewed. It will help us understand the medical portion of the file.
- We will notify the agency that we would like to officially make him ours!
- The paperwork will be sent over to South Africa and we will receive his full file (we currently have a file with redacted information).
- We will have two weeks to go over the full file and accept it.
- If we accept the file, we will have to receive approval from our government and from the South African government.
- When we've received the approvals, we will have the all clear to head over to pick up our kid!
Our prayer is for clarity and timing. We are praying that if this little guy is ours, we would be bringing him home by the end of the year. Please pray with us! Thank you for walking with us this far! We will write an update when we have one. Stay tuned!