We Have Been Summoned: Big News!!!!

Friday, June 15, 2007

Big News!!!!

Nathan and I decided last night to send in our first piece of paperwork today. We just submitted our adoption information sheet to Gladney Center for Adoptions! We made our final agency decision and went with Gladney. Now our info sheet and our family picture are in the hands of the agency. The next step is for Gladney to approve us to apply and send us the application packet!

We have officially begun!!!!

Here is the family pic I sent to Gladney...

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Anonymous said...: How will these children keep their knowledge of their language and identity alive?; June 18, 2007 at 2:56 PM

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Timeline

December 19, 2008 - Isaiah moved into our home and became a permanent part of our family!
October 28, 2008 - We were officially selected as the adoptive family for Isaiah!
October 3, 2008 - Met Isaiah for the first time at a park where we played and talked.
August 2008 - Spoke with Larry about pursuing the adoption of another son, Isaiah.
July 15, 2008 - Officially adopted Thomas! He is now and forever, Thomas Eaton Rhodes Winzer!
January 18, 2008 - The projected date for Thomas' permanent move into our home!
December/January - Accelerated visitation schedule with Thomas.
December 12, 2007 - Our first visit with Thomas after he heard that we wanted to adopt him. He chose us!!!
December 11, 2007 - Larry called with the great news that we had officially been chosen to be Thomas' parents, if he would have us.
December 10, 2007 - Our MAPP class was complete and we were officially ready for staffing.
November 24, 2007 - We met Thomas for the very first time.
November 22, 2007 - Thomas turned 11
Early November 2007 - After many interesting turns, our now dear friend and most admired social worker, Larry, called us and said he thought he had a perfect match kiddo that we would love. He told us his name was Thomas and he was 10 at the time. Saying "Yes" didn't require any prayer at all. We had been praying that God would bring the right child into our lives and He did.
October 2007 - We began our MAPP class with the Wichita Children's Home after deciding to pursue emergency placement foster care for a period of time until the Lord led us to a child.
September 11, 2007 - Attended our orientation meeting at Youthville. We learned so much about the foster care system and the tremendous need right here in Kansas. The social worker described the situtation as a "crisis situation". Youthville is just one of many placing agencies in our area and they are seeing nearly 70 new kids in the system every month!
September 2007 - After much prayer we determined that we would pursue adoption through the foster to adopt program at Youthville in Wichita.
July 10, 2007 - Spoke with Heather at ABC Adoptions and discovered that due to something from our past (no mass murder or anything) we would not be approved to be a home study client of their agency. They had very specific rules that seemed actually rather ridiculous to us. We saw this as a closing door and began to pray.
July 2, 2007 - Spoke with Heather at ABC Adoptions in Kansas City about our home study. She spoke with the director and they decided it would be fine to proceed with the homestudy late this summer, despite our odd situation. Yippeeee!!!
June 28, 2007 - Spoke with Judy at Gladney. She suggested several items I could work on while waiting for Nathan to return from Iraq. She also said to call to set up the orientation once he was home. (She told me to give him a few days to settle in first!!! :) Maybe two days, but a few seems extreme!!!! :) )
June 15, 2007 - Sent Info Sheet to Gladney to pursue the adoption of an infant from Ethiopia.
August 2005 - First Discussed Adoption