EZ and G9

If you go WAY back to post #2 in 2006 you will come across the name Guilbeault (that's G plus 9 letters). Marci Guilbeault was the dear one who accidently gave away the fact that DH had set up this blog as a gift for me. Marci's DH worked with my DH back then, and now, just look-a-here I say, they're back together again!

Pics from the Humanitarian Mission

Here you go! Pics from the mission DH went on to provide donated items to students at a school in Kabul. In the first picture is Sophie, the girl whom Chris referred to in an earlier post.

The sigh heard from waiting IA PAPs

IA PAPs = International Adoption Prospective Adoptive Parents = us.

Let me make this simple. The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently announced that those of us waiting (and waiting) and having our "Petition to Classify Orphan as an Immediate Relative" paperwork expiring in the meanwhile (and expiring again), do NOT need to switch over to a more labor-intensive application.

Our USCIS paperwork expired once already, and we were allowed one free extension. The paperwork will expire again next April - three years from the date we originally filed the paperwork. Although we will need to pay $$$ to refile again, it is a relief not to have to worry about completing the application required of new IA PAPs.