When I say random tips, I truly mean random tips! I kept a list of random things we learned while traveling in the Philippines. If you are planning on traveling there at any time, some of these could be very useful, some will just be some fun knowledge to have. Many of these tips you will not learn from your adoption agency or travel agency! Here it goes! BEFORE YOU GO: Pictures of documents: If you are taking your smart phone or a tablet with you, then take pictures of emails, addresses, and phone numbers you may need. More than once I didn't have that one piece of paper that I needed with that random phone number, BUT I had taken photos of many of my emails with people's names and numbers and hotel addresses which saved us many headaches! If you have a smart phone, hold down the power key and the toggle key at the same time, and voila!, you take a picture of the screen you are looking at. Gifts : Many people bring gifts for their hosts/drivers, orphanages caretaker
We adopted twins back in 1991 from Romania. We were in the same situation as you. After our daughter was born, I could not have more biological children.
ReplyDeleteThe adoption process was a roller coaster. In our case, all the other waiting parents wanted a singleton. We wanted siblings or twins. Boy/girl twins were born in June. So, we were pushed through the process like a tornado. We applied in April and the twins arrived in the US in August!
My biggest advice is to make copies of everything. Also, after you have your child naturalized as a US citizen, request a copy of all the paperwork from INS. In our case, there was a wealth of information, including a home study of the children.
Best wishes and God Bless.
Thank you so much for your comment. We enjoy hearing other parent's stories. Sounds like you brought home quite the blessings! I would also like to thank you for the advice - we will make sure to look into the paperwork closely when we bring the kids home; and it is always good to have a COPYING reminder! Such an easy thing that tends to be forgotten!
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