A Bevy of Boys: The last official thing....

Friday, May 29, 2009

The last official thing....

Michael, Zorka, and I got ourselves up out of bed at oh-my-gawd-early this morning to be in Dallas at 8am. We all had our fingerprints taken at the USCIS office with no problems. So now all that's left is to wait for the approval letter from Immigration! Oh yeah, and to wait for a call with our referral!!

2 comments:

KendellMay 29, 2009 at 10:00 PM
OH YAY!!! Check it off of the list, baby! Now lets bring on the referral for your precious little guy! CANNOT WAIT!!!
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The AndersonsJune 7, 2009 at 2:16 PM
Yes! One more thing DONE (at least for 15 months :)). Step by step.....and then one day you'll get the call!
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In Ethiopia, approximately 1 in 10 children die in infancy, and nearly double that number die by their 5th birthday, due to infections, tetanus and diarrhea. Ethiopia is considered the 3rd worst place in the world to be born, better only than Burkina Faso and Djibouti. Of the children who survive, many will lose their mother in childbirth and many more will lose one or both parents to HIV/AIDS.

As more and more parents die, the capacity of extended family members to take care of orphans shrinks. Ethiopia has reached the breaking point where orphaned children are now forced into the streets, into difficult working conditions and/or into heading their households.

In 2001, 13.2% of the population, 3.8 million children, was orphaned. In comparison, the 1994 genocide in Rwanda resulted in 500,000 orphans and the 2004 Tsunami in Southeast Asia resulted in 10,000 orphans. In 2006, American parents adopted only 731 orphans. 3,799,269 orphans remain vulnerable.

(courtesy of www.ethiopianrelief.org)

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