Waiting for our travel date

We are still waiting to know the date that ICBF has set for us to first meet Claudia.  It seems that things are finally coming together. We have a conference call with our agency on Sunday afternoon to go over all of the specifics of what happens from here on out.  We did get a letter from the facilitator in Claudia's country describing what the process will be like once we get there.  I will give you all a run down:

We got our Article 5 which states that a visa will be granted for Claudia to come to the US.  That is step one of the adoption process (What!? I feel like we have been through a hundred steps already...!) 

Next, we travel to her country to start the legal adoption process.  One of us (Jason) will have to stay in the country for 5-7 weeks while everything is completed.  Once we get there, we get to meet Claudia in her region and have a 5-7 business day bonding/integration period which will be under the supervision of the ICBF (I have no idea how this works since we will have Claudia with us living in our hotel...) 

After the bonding period is over, ICBF will issue a certificate to file with our adoption petition in court.  We will then have to sign a power of attorney and I will have to sign a permission form for Claudia to leave the country with Jason.  Our adoption petition will be filed in court by our attorney.

The the judge will then issue an adoption decree stating that we are Claudia's legal parents, this could take 3-4 weeks.  During this waiting time we have to take Claudia across her country to get her TB testing done and then return back to her region. 

After the adoption decree is obtained, we have to apply for her new birth certificate with us listed as her parents!  We will also have to get pictures for Claudia's Passport and US visa.  We can then get her passport which will allow her to travel to the US.  Along with the passport, we must get her visa.  In order to get this, she must have a medical appointment with a specific doctor.  We then need to pick up our conformity letter and go to the US consulate to apply for her visa.  This is the LAST STEP!  Once we get her visa, we can come home!

Wow, that seems like a lot, but we are nearing the end of the adoption.  Please pray that everything proceeds smoothly and that we will be the proud parents of Claudia soon!