The Next Application

Still no word on whether or not our documents have arrived in Kampala. Just after we sent them last week, we received a notice in the mail in regards to an I600A application we had turned in about 5 weeks ago. The I600A is the application that approves us to adopt a child from a specific country (in our case, Uganda). To file this app, you must get fingerprinted by Homeland Security. We went to Yakima to turn the application in and get fingerprinted in the middle of August. The good news with this is that not only did our application get approved, they also send a Notice Of Good Conduct to Kampala on our behalf. This was the last document they needed in Uganda to have all of the paperwork. Sometimes it may take up to a couple weeks for that cable to make it's way to the Embassy, but at least we know it should be on it's way. We were very excited about this news...then we talked to our social worker. What we didn't know (or hadn't yet paid much attention to) is that now we need an I600 application. This application is to adopt a SPECIFIC child (Tracy). If I understand correctly (which is questionable at times), this application needs to be filed from the US Embassy in Kampala AND it can not be filed until the court has granted us legal custody of Tracy. We don't know what the time frame for approval of this application is yet. Our social worker has not worked with a Ugandan adoption, although in other countries it's taken anywhere from a few days to a few months. We have asked our team on the Ugandan end to go to the Embassy and try to get answers to this question. Obviously, we would love to go and get these answers ourselves, but that's just not possible. Please pray with us that these questions will get accurate answers and that we would know these answers quickly. The more we know, the better equipped we are to fully understand the process and be prepared for the time it will take to complete the process. We are appreciate all of your prayers. Thanks. Tanya

Getting Started

Thanks for opening up our page. We're glad you're here and we hope you find this to be an informative place to get caught up on our adoption. I created this blog yesterday and intended to send it out yesterday, but I was having difficulties with the layout. I've decided that you'll be more interested in our story than you are in the layout, so here you go. Yesterday's post is the most current news we have. For some of you, you may have missed the middle of the story (maybe even all of the story to this point), but hopefully you can follow us from this point forward. Ideally, one of us will come back and give you some history on our story...please don't hold your breath, life is very busy right now. None the less, thank you for being here. We're glad you came and welcome to the Romack's Road to Adoption! Tanya

Romack's Road to Adoption

We know that this blog is well overdue...please forgive us. So many of you have been praying for us and supporting us in our journey to adopt our little girl from Uganda, Africa. I say our little girl, but she's not really so little. She turned 9 on July 17th. Many of you know her as Esther. We recently spoke with her on the phone and asked what name she wanted to go by when she arrives. She has told us that she would like to go by Tracy. Her given name is Tracy Esther Nakayiza. When she was travelling in the states, there were 2 members of the choir named Tracy, so they called her Esther. She said she is more used to Tracy, so this is the name we will call her. For many of you it has been quite some time since you've received an update on the status of the adoption. It has been fairly quiet for quite awhile. We recently found out that the judge assisting us in Uganda was waiting on our paperwork. Due to some minor roadblocks, it took some time to get all of the information needed and get those documents sent. TODAY (Sept. 16th), I went to the post office and sent all of the necessary paperwork. Please pray for them to arrive safely and intact. We have been told that it will take 8 business days for them to arrive. As we understand it, once our documents arrive in Uganda, they will go to court and file them. At that time, the judge will set a court date for everything to be finalized and that is when we will travel to Uganda. We really have no time frame for this. Previously, we have tried to set time frames in place, but to no avail. So, while we may hope and pray for this to be soon, we really have no idea. We will continue to update this blog so that you can walk with us and know what's happening. We love to answer any questions you may have and we love to talk about Tracy:) Our girls are really excited about the addition of a sister and we are all very excited for her to join us. Thank you so much for your prayers and support. We are so blessed to have such a great circle of friends and family surrounding us. Tanya