Happy Day! We are out of MOI

You have got to be asking yourself, "That sure sounds good, but what the heck is MOI"?

MOI is the Ministry of the Interior in Haiti and it is the stage that we were in were Joracin's passport was getting processed. Notice how I used past tense there.

Yep, we are out of MOI and his passport is in the process of getting printed. We have been told that the printing will take 2-4 weeks. Once the orphanage has his passport, they will submit everything to the US Embassy to start working on his visa.

We were also told that when the orphanage has his passport they can begin to estimate travel dates. Yes, travel dates. Needless to say, we are excited.

And here is a little humor/head scratcher for your day as well. Take a look at this post from the Orphanage Director on their blog.
http://godslittlestangelsinhaiti.org/andlifegoeson/2013/05/27/im-back/

At the bottom of the post you will see an note about crazy travel delays in a 3rd world country. Leslie has informed me is we get stuck in Miami and are unable to fly to Haiti that we will buy swim caps and start swimming. Glad the neighborhood pool is open. I better get in shape.

Another step in the process

We got word yesterday that Joracin's dossier was submitted Joracin's to the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) on May 7. This step is a two part process- final approvals/signatures on the adoption and passport printing!

We are encouraged by the forward progress and understand that the only way to finish the marathon is to put one foot in front the other. While small, the steps continue to move us closer to bringing him home.

We also wanted to share a couple of photos from our April update.

Look close and you can see his two front teeth are missing.

Yes, they had bunny ears for the kids to wear.

A couple of people have also asked how citizenship works. They were great questions and I didn't have an answer. Well, I did a little research.

He qualifies for automatic citizenship based on the Child Citizenship Act of 2000 and based on these criteria.

• Have at least one US citizen parent
• Are under 18 years of age
• Were admitted to the US as a lawful permanent resident
• Are in legal & physical custody of at least one parent who is a US citizen

All the paperwork we have and will get will allow him to be admitted to the US as a lawful permanent resident when we bring him home. 

Thank you again for all your words of encouragement and prayers. Having you be part of this journey with us means the world.