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The day she was found
Grace
First birthday!
beautiful eyes
H.I.S Home 300 Michigan Route
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Fox 17 interview
We are on WCSG!
Wilbur Swieringa's obituary
Red Cross video of kids arriving in Miami
HIS Home on the Wall Street Journal
WCSG- a great friend and support- check out the morning show
The beginning of Grace's story
More of Grace's Story. Check Aug. 23 and Sept. 13, 2008
Amazing Grace
The day she was found
Better Accomodations
Grace
Daphna
First birthday!
Daphna
beautiful eyes
Our family
Our Adoption Process
- 2/19/08 - We decide to pursue domestic adoption
- 2/26/08 - Unknown to us, Daphna is brought to HIS Home for Children
- 4/22/08 - Doors to domestic adoption close
- 5/12/08 - We begin international adoption process
- 6/16/08 - Daphna is put "on hold" for us
- 6/19/08 - Receive first picture of Daphna
- 7/03/08 - Meet Nungesters, who run HIS Home for Children orphanage, in MI
- 7/31/08 - We turn in homestudy paperwork
- 9/02/08 - Homestudy complete
- 9/04/08 - Daphna officially referred to us
- 9/03/08 - Immigration paperwork sent out
- 9/10/08 - Take dossier to Great Seal
- 9/22-9/25/08 - Visit Haiti. Celebrate Daphna's 1st birthday with her.
- 9/28/08 - Decide to adopt Grace
- 9/29/08 - Translation complete, but done in wrong language
- 9/30/08 - Fingerprinted
- 10/24/08 - Dossier sent to consulate in Chicago
- 10/27/08 - Dossier authenticated and on it's way back
- 10/28/08 - Grace offically referred to us
- 10/29/08- 11:30 am. Dossier is sent to Haiti. Feels like a huge victory. Thank you Jesus!
- 10/31/08 - Dossier arrives in Port Au Prince. Approved I-171 form arrives at home
- 11/20/08 - Amended I-171H form arrives
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs approved our paperwork!
- 1/12/10 - 7.0 Earthquake shakes Haiti damaging the orphanage
- 1/22/10 - Daphna and Grace are granted humanitarian parole and are issued visas to come to the U.S.
- 1/25/10 - Daphna and Grace fly to Orlando then Miami
- 1/26/10 - Gotcha Day!
- 3/20/2010 - We begin to pursue domestic adoption of Daphna and Grace
- 10/20/2010 - Complete 6th and final home visit. Thanks Joy!
- 11/09/10 - Adoption Finalized!!!
- 11/30/10 - Birth certificates issued
- 3/07/2011 - File I-485 (green card) with USCIS
- 4/06/2011 - Biometrics for Daphna & Grace
- 6/30/11 - Grace granted Permanent Resident status
- 8/16/11 - Daphna granted Permanent Resident status.
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