Brandon, Jenn and Madi Norton

Updates

• Update 9

  We are home!

  April 8, 2024
  What an adventure in Colombia. We are so grateful to everyone for your love and support. Our daughter Yaritza, is adjusting to her new home and learning English. She started the 10th grade and is working so hard. We are very proud of her. Madi is doing a great job with learning Spanish but also helping her new sister l earn a new language. She has been so sweet. Brandon and I are learning and adjusting to having two teenagers in the house. We are doing our best to go with the flow and be patient as we navigate these... Read morenew waters. We will keep posting updates but wanted to reach out again and thank everyone for their love and support. God Bless, Jenn, Brandon, Madi and Yaritza

• Update 8

  Travel is coming!

  December 15, 2023
  Hello! We were informed that we have travel dates! January 15th, we will leave for Colombia to be re-united with our daughter. Our official "Encuentro" (meeting day) is January 17th. We get to surprise her on a call just before that to let her know we are on the way! I can't wait!! We couldn't have gotten this far without all of you. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts! We will post more updates as the time gets closer. Also, we have the t-shirts and hats to hand out to everyone from our initial fundraiser! We will get those... Read moreto you ASAP.

• Update 7

  Immigration Approval!

  December 2, 2023
  We are so excited. The last major hurdle has been achieved. Today we received approval from the Dept. of Homeland Security that we can officially bring our daughter home. There are a few more steps before travel but this is such good news. We were told that we could be traveling the week of January 15th. We have some other fun news. We were able to talk to her twice last month. She is doing so well and looking forward to starting her new life. She wrote the sweetest letters to all of us. She is going to be... Read moreattending a Christmas camp with the older kids that are in the orphanage waiting for their families. They know this is a hard season knowing that they have a family but they are not united yet. We can't wait to hear about everything they did. The staff loves the kids so much so we know she is in good hands. She is also taking some English classes and is working hard. She ended her school year with high marks in all her classes. She promised to work hard in her classes. More to come but wanted to keep you updated!

• Update 6

  Dossier has been approved!

  July 16, 2023
  We got word that our Dossier has been approved. This is the giant mound of paperwork, medical exams, applications, etc. that we had to fill out to be approved to adopt. We know that God was in the works as it only took three weeks for translation and approval while other families have been waiting months. He is so good. We now have to wait for our new family member to be transferred to Imagina where they prepare the kids for adoption. The kids do not know who is adopting them at this point as that will come when we... Read moresend the care package to them after we accept the official referral. We are hopefully less a month away from that point but we don't know. We are told that once we receive the referral, we are about 2-3 months out from travel depending on how quickly the next steps are processed. Prayers for everything to move quickly and there are no more roadblocks along the way. Looking forward to the next update for you!

• Update 5

  One Step Closer

  May 28, 2023
  Thank you to all who have donated. It means the world to us to help complete our little family. We are now able to order the t-shirts and hats as our way to say thank you. If you haven't already, please let me know if you would like a hat or a T-shirt, and if so, what size. We finally received approval on one of our immigration documents. We will be able to submit our Dossier to Colombia in 7-10 days as soon as the apostille (notary of the notary) comes in. We are still about a month out from... Read moreour Dossier being reviewed but it is one step closer. Our prayer request is for the paperwork to be processed and approved in record time. We are asking God for a miracle that we can still travel in the summer. We have seen Him do bigger miracles than getting paperwork processed so we are counting on seeing Him move mountains. Thank you for taking this journey with us.
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