Ecuador Day 24

Wednesday Dec. 28th

Today we are having a lazy day around the apartment. I have dragged out the suitcases that Zac will return with and started to throw things in them that he'll take home. Zac has maintained a good internet connection, which I think has helped him calm down a bit since he has been able to work all morning.

Priscila is going to be here at 3:00 to take us to the court house. For those that wonder here is what will happen in the coming weeks

Today - Signature recognition will happen today...they have to verify signatures between our passport, our adoption application, and our dossier...and Zac's signature is never really the same..so we are praying they grant us a good verification. We will also find out today when the judge will see us for our "audencia" or court hearing for the adoption...we are praying he will give us a time for tomorrow (Thursday)

Thursday - we pray to have court this day and will also schedule Zac's flight out of Cuenca. He will spend the night in Quito with other friends adopting and then will fly out of Quito on Friday morning arriving in Chicago Friday night.

After court...we have to wait 3-5 days for the judge to write is official report. Once that is ready he will let our lawyer, Priscila know and she will pick it up. Then we have to get the court document notarized. Once we have the court report we take it to get a sedula or Ecuadorian ID for Adriana. With the sedula we can then apply for her birth certificate and passport. Typically, we can do all of this in one day provided there are no hiccups...

Then we take all of the above items and go to see a doctor for a physical for Adriana to show she is in good health to travel to the US. Once we havd the doctors report we fly to Guayaquil or we may drive..Priscila is hopefully going to be coming with us as Guayaquil is a large city with a large amount of crime. Good times.

Once we have the visa and all of the above items, we do an exit interview and wait for approval to leave Ecuador.

Right now Adri and my flight is schedule to leave Cuenca on the 17th and leave Quito to Chicago on the 18th...I am confident we will have all of the above completed in time to travel at our scheduled time if not before...if we are done ahead of time, we will just have to wait and see what the fees and price of airfare would be to bump our flights earlier...

That's about it in a nutshell...so after court...Zac leaves and Adri and I hang out and wait for the report...prayerfully I can keep her entertained as we are running out of ideas..LOL.

For now, it's lunch time then naps, then we head to the court house....prayers appreciated!