We started the international adoption process Feburary, 2008. It started with a provincial home study and approval. If you don't mind your life under a microscope it's doable. Then after loads of paperwork, communicating with governments, and countless prayers we were on our way to submitting our dossier to the Rwandan government.
After many months we received approval to adoption from their country.
The orphanage we are adopting from was the only one the government of Rwanda would work with. We then submitted our file to the orphanage and they then selected a little boy they felt was the one for us.
His name is HABIMANA, which means, "God exists." His other name is Epimaque. His is three years old. Epimaque was abandoned at three months old and has been at the orphanage ever since.
After many months of working and praying we are finally able to fly to Africa this June and get him. We know it will not be that easy. We have tons more hoopes to jump through with passport, immigration, visa, medical tests once we're there but it's wonderful to be so close to embracing him for the first time.
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- Kehler Family
- The purpose of this blog is to communicate our story. It's about our journey of adopting a child from Rwanda into our forever family.
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Cool, can't wait to read all about this. Good luck and God Speed!!
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