Here are our flight numbers if you want to check our progress online:
November 10:
NW 3051- Bemidji to MSP- 700A 808A
NW 42- MSP to Amsterdam- 320P 630A
November 11:
NW 34-Amsterdam to Mumbai- 1015A 1150P
November 12:
Jet Airways 2411- Mumbai to Bangalore- 315A 530A
November 16:
Jet Airways 804- Bangalore to Delhi- 725A 1010A
November 20:
NW 8366- Delhi to Amsterdam- 140A 555A
NW 41- Amsterdam-MSP-1020A 1240P
NW 3048- MSP to Bemidji- 225P 340P
Times given are local times, so it takes us 2 full days to get to India and only a half day to get home!!
Adding up our actual time including flights and layovers on the way to Bangalore, the trip will be 34.5 hours for us (21 hours in the air).
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Taken by AIAA- 6 months old
Still waiting for Mommy and Daddy
Ashraya is in Bangalore
Walking in the Light
Isaiah 2: 5 "Come, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the Lord."
Our Adoption Blog
I prayed for this child, and the LORD has granted me what I asked of Him.
1 Samuel 1:27
And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me.
Matthew 18:5
Anju at Ashraya- October 2007
Taken by AIAA- 6 months old
Anju at Ashraya- July 2008
Still waiting for Mommy and Daddy
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Ashraya is in Bangalore
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Our Adoption Timeline
- 4/07 Meeting with Lutheran Social Service
- 5/07 Application to Lutheran Social Service of MN- Homestudy Agency
- 6/07 Application to WACAP (World Association of Children and Parents)- Seattle, WA- Placement Agency
- 6/07 Adoption Education Classes
- 7/07 Homestudy
- 7/07 USCIS Application/Fingerprinting
- 11/07 Homestudy accepted by WACAP
- 12/07 Pre-application to AIAA (Americans for International Aid and Adoption)- Michigan- New Placement Agency
- 12/07 USCIS (immigration) approval
- 1/22/08 Homestudy sent to Ashraya (orphanage) for pre-approval
- 1/31/08 Ashraya approves home study
- 2/6/08 Formal application to AIAA
- 4/2/08 Start assembling dossier
- 4/29/08 Receive Sweeti's pictures and medical information
- 5/6/08 Dossier sent to Secretary of State's office to be apostilled
- 5/8/08 Sweeti has been cleared for adoption, sent acceptance letter to Ashraya
- 5/30/08 Sweeti's surgery
- 6/2/08 Dossier/Referral acceptance sent to AIAA
- 6/25/08 Power of Attorney document mailed to Indian Consulate in Chicago for authentication
- 7/7/08 NOC
- 7/12/08 Photo album sent to Sweeti through AIAA
- 7/17/08 Homestudy update by LSS
- 9/08/08 Re-fingerprinting by USCIS, Video of Sweeti arrives
- 9/?/08 First Court Date
- 9/22/08 Second Court Date and Guardianship
- 11/10/08 Fly to Bangalore by way of Minneapolis, Amsterdam and Mumbai (Bombay)
- 11/20/08 Anju is home!!
- 9/9/09 Adoption Finalization and American Citizenship
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- A Warm Reception
- A Chilly Reception
- Touchdown: MN!
- Destination: MN
- The Second Thursday, November 20
- Leaving New Delhi
- Additional Site-Seeing Perspective
- Site-seeing With Sweeti
- Embassy Day Two, A Little Shopping
- Potatoes!
- U.S. Embassy Day One
- Delhi update
- Baby on Board- a plane!
- Flight into Dehli
- Eating with Sweeti
- Amy- Sweeti is here!
- They're Coming to Take Me Away!
- Sweeti Day- Amy
- Spending the day with Sweeti!
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- A Stafford
- I am a Confessional Lutheran pastor's wife and mom of 3 from southern Minnesota.
2 comments:
We will be praying for you, sweeti, your travels, and the ones back at home! I feel excited and it isn't even me going to pick up a child! ;) God bless you!
Amy its Monday @ 6pm and I am already stalking your blog KNOWING there is NO way you could update :)
I also just realized we may not "talk" until after we get back :)
PRAYING for safety!!
Jennifer
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