Visa Cable 37

Another small step forward... We (the adoption agency and I) received confirmation today that the US Embassy in Addis Ababa has received my paperwork. Evidently it's sent in a document called a Visa cable 37. The importance of this step is that my paperwork stating that I am allowed to bring one orphaned child, aged 0-18 months, of either gender, out of Ethiopia and into the United States is in place. I can't travel to pick up my child without it being received at the embassy. Another crucial step successfully taken. Yippee!

Still #3

I received this information in an email from Courtney today:

"Yes, you are still #3 on the wait list. However, we expect movement in the next 3-4 weeks. We received a referral of a baby girl and are waiting on her medical. Once we have that we can make a referral to #1 on the list. They have two weeks to officially accept the referral. After that there would be official movement."

Dossier arrives

Got confirmation today that my dossier has arrived in Ethiopia. No word on any movement on the waiting list.

Touched base in Germany

Another update today from IAN. Courtney is so fantastic. She let me know that my dossier has now left Germany. I guess that was on the route to Ethiopia. Most excellent! It's all progress...