What Lies Ahead

There are a few things that lie ahead before we send off our Dossier to Russia:

1. We need to get our Home Study report back - our social worker has 4 weeks from last Saturday to complete it...so we have some time yet.
2. As soon as we get our HS report, we can put the date from that report onto our Registration form, then get all our NJ originated documents (this is the only thing we are waiting for to complete the NJ end...) notorized, and then apostilled in Trenton.
3. HS Review: After the HS report is completed, we will have to read it over, and approve it. Then, another social worker will do the same (at BCS). After that, the head of international adoption at BCS will read it over to make sure it is approved, and then, lastly, the head of the Russia team at BCS will need to approve it.
4. Once our HS report has been approved by everyone in #3, then BCS will send that report along with all the papers they are responsible for providing (I listed all of those in my previous post on Dossier Requirements) out to be apostilled in Harrisburg, PA through a courier service.
5. We will then compile our apostilled NJ and PA documents, and send them together to Grand Rapids, MI where our BCS headquarters is located. They will approve our Dossier, and send it off to Russia to be translated. Once it is translated, and registered in Moscow, then we can be matched with our child (if he or she is "waiting") or be put on the list to be matched when a child arrives that fits our requests.

Praying for our Home Study report to be completed quickly, and then for that entire HS report review process to go quickly. Still praying for the end of April! :)

Thank you for all your prayers!
Love,
Greg & Liz