i171-h is out of here!

Everything that we had to have our hands on, is out of our hands at this time.
Now it is all in God's hands and we know he will watch over everything and bring us our baby when the time is right.

The next steps are:
1. Agency will send paperwork to CA Secretary of State to authenticate (3-4 weeks), paperwork goes back to Agency.
2. Agency will send paperwork to Vietnamese Consulate to authenticate (5-10 days), paperwork goes back to Agency.
3. Agency will send all authenticated paperwork to Vietnam, there it will get translated (10 days), and then we wait for the referral (3-6 months).
4. 6-8 weeks after we get the call (the referral) we travel to pick up Oliveia and bring her home (with Mama Lemke if you are still game Mom).

Tim and I have estimated the longest wait possible, just so we are pleasantly surprised if things happen before then. We think the paperwork should be in Vietnam by November 1 and we will get the call by April at the latest and travel 6-8 weeks after we get the call. Originally, we were thinking we would get the call by January, but referral times have increased from 1-3 months to 3-6 and now for new families that are applying, it is 6-8 weeks. Good thing we started this when we did. Until we get the call, we pray daily for our baby girl, her birth mother and her caretakers.