[jkittysim]

Short version:
Started gathering papers in November 2004
The earliest available SW with experience writing international homestudies for Guatemala couldn't see us until 2/05 -- OK
I visited and met the kids 01/05
Homestudy completed 3/05
INS Approval 4/05
Visited the kids again and delivered dossier 4/05
5 Months went by with the facilitator saying the DNA would be done next week, they had trouble locating the birthmother.
Late 9/05, facilitator says court lost homestudy, please send another one. And also says that
Hired Adoption Supervisors 10/05
AS discovers NOTHING has been done with my dossier. FC has no record of our case.
AS finds the "true" facilitator and gets the ball rolling

Hooray for AS!
So, 5 months after submitting the dossier, we are pretty much just getting started. Another certified copy of the homestudy and the new POA for AS have been authenticated and are now on there way to Guatemala. Please join me in praying that the kids won't have to wait too much longer for their forever family!