What Happens Next?

Now we wait. And wait. And wait some more. Everything on our end has been completed. All of our papers have been signed, notarized, and delivered.

Right now we have paperwork being processed by the American government (specifically Immigration and Citizenship Services) and paperwork being processed by the Korean government. In order for Mary Kenzie to be able to come home we have to have our approvals by both governments.

Once we are approved on both sides we will get the telephone call letting us know that she is ready! Since the theme of our lives is "You are not in control" we should not be surprised by the latest "reminder" of this message. Last week we found out that we have to travel to Korea to get Mary Kenzie. We had planned to have her escorted just like we had Riley escorted, but we found out that this is not an option. At least one of us has to go to Korea to pick her up. So, once we get that phone call saying that she's ready, Michael and I will make plans immediately to go to Korea to get our daughter!! We have to be to Korea within the week. Since we don't know when our call will come we can't schedule a flight ahead of time. We will probably book whatever flight ends up being the most inexpensive, so that could mean we leave the day we get our call or a few days later...just depending on pricing.

Now that we have had a little bit of time to find out more about traveling to Korea and what's involved, we are very excited about going! We had always planned to go to Korea when our kids were old enough to remember being there. We will definitely plan to go back with our kids, but it will be exciting to actually see Korea for ourselves now and to be able to meet Mary Kenzie's foster family! We just hope that that day comes SOON!!!