The best news since I received the adoption decree came today. Isnaika's birth mother went to the US embassy for the required interview. This is an important step in the adoption process. Although she is legally my child in Haiti, I cannot bring her to the US just yet. The US government requires an interview with the birth parent (if alive). They want to know that the birth parent understands they will never see the child again and were not paid for the child.
All I can say for now is, if I hadn't have gone to Haiti in December...investigated why the birth mother did not go to the November appointment, she would not have been there today, which could have very easily led to many many more months waiting in the process. I'm so thankful. The orphanage had no clue where the birth mother lived and it's only because I met the birth mother in September and ASKED her , "where do you live?" (and wrote it down). I took her picture. I documented everything... and I made sure that the right people had the right information at the orphanage and made sure the birth mother was found....like a needle in a haystack. very very very stressful. It's been a long few months with this appointment weighing on my shoulders. Relying on others, who quite frankly, just don't care as much as I do... I'm so happy to say, she went to the interview. Now, I'm waiting to find out from the US embassy that all is well. They need to believe she is actually the birth mother (otherwise I will have to pay for a DNA test), believe her story, and give me approval.
Next steps: waiting for her cute little picture on a very nice haitian passport. Then.... on to the embassy for a US visa.... then... HOME. wow, coming soon!
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