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The court session went through and the gavel smashed down declaring that:
MYLES MUGISHA GREER IS OUR SON!!!!!!
Next steps: Friday our judgement papers will be picked up from the court (hopefully!) and then the Rwandan passport needs to be processed. We hope to have a better idea of our travel dates next Monday or Tuesday. Hopefully we'll be with Myles the first week in May!!!!
our journey across the miles to our Rwandan son
Video journey of our miles to Myles, by Uncle Paul
our referral picture
Meaning of Myles Mugisha
Myles (name given by us)
-Respect to a man who impacted our lives eternally, Miles Strodel
-The literal miles our Myles was brought to come home
-Hebrew meaning: “Gift from God”
Mugisha (name given by the sisters at the orphanage)
In Kinyarwanda the meaning is “Blessing”
You saw me before I was born.
Every day of my life was recorded in your book.
Every moment was laid out
before a single day had passed.
-Psalm 139:16
Every day of my life was recorded in your book.
Every moment was laid out
before a single day had passed.
-Psalm 139:16
Mylestones
-5/13/09 FAMILY DAY! We are together at last!
-5/12/09 Leave Ethiopia for Dulles
-5/10/09 to Ethiopia for Visa
-5/2/09 Meet Myles for the first time!
-5/1/09 Peter and Laurel fly to Rwanda
-4/20/09 COURT DATE! Myles Mugisha Greer is our son!!!!
-4/13/09 Get our Rwandan court date scheduled for Monday, April 20!
-3/26/09 REFERRAL!!!
-2/17/09 Receive e-mail from the Ministry of Gender and Family Promotion of our APPROVAL to adopt!
-11/24/08 Our file arrives in Rwanda and goes directly to the Prime Minister’s Office!
-11/20/08 Gladney sends dossier to Rwanda!
-11/13/08 Corrections made and dossier sent to Gladney
-10/28/08 Authenticated dossier arrived at Gladney with slight errors
-10/06/08 Rwandan Embassy Authenticating our dossier
-9/29/08 FedEx our dossier to Gladney!
-9/26/08 CIS approval!!! 5 month wait L
-6/11/08 CIS receives our homestudy
-6/11/08 FBI sends clearances
-6/05/08 Certificate of Gladney Approval!
-5/29/08 Get fingerprinted for CIS
-5/30/08 FBI prints FedExed
-5/01/08 CIS confirms receipt of application for I-600A
-4/28/08 Homestudy
-4/18/08 FedExed I-600A to CIS
-3/26/08 Stage 2 & 3 of Paperwork sent to Gladney
-3/04/08 Child Abuse sent, returned to us 3/15/08
-3/03/08 Initial Application Form(Stage 1)
-1/29/08 Adoption Information Sheet sent to get information about the brand new Rwandan program with Gladney Center for Adoption!
17 comments:
Praise God!
I got tears in my eyes as I read this. So wonderfully thrilled for you all.
Amazing timing that God has in the work that he is doing in your (extended) family this very week in the US and Africa... What a season for all of you Greers.
It makes it all the more miraculous to me.
Blessings!
Oh Laurel - Words can't say how excited, touched, emotional, delighted I am as I read these sentences!! Hallelujah!!!
I am so happy for you and for Myles. CONGRATULATIONS!
Great news. Yay!
Oh, wonderful news! We have had this date on our calendar and have been praying! Thanks for sharing your joy with us.
Leaping for joy for you today!
YIPPIE! So happy for you all today! God is so kind! I pray it all goes well and your heart is just filled with gratefulness and joy during the next few weeks of final prep and travel!
We just started our application two weeks ago and found your blog. Congratulations!! I can't believe that we could be in your shoes a year from now. We're hoping to adopt a little boy from Rwanda too (with a middle name of Miles!)
Kayan
Yeah!!!! This is so awesome. Congrats to you all. Sending much love!!!!
Absolutely amazing! I have goosebumps! And to think...God knew He was yours before the world was created!
Congratulations!!!!!
What a glorious day! Congratulations!!!!
I am so happy for your family! Can't wait to see him in your arms!
What a joy, Laurel! You are a mommy again!!! Praise the Lord indeed, for He is GOOD!
We love you-
big, biggest congrats!!! so happy for your fam.
I am Heidi Spore's sister in law and she shared with me photos of Miles. He is SO adorable! I am so glad to hear things are proceeding so well. I know it's an encouragement for Heidi to hear your story.
This is amazing !
STéphane
YAY for God's hand in all of this. I am SO EXCITED for you!! Can;t wait! Praise the Lord!!!! :-)
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