I had heard about the FACE Act through an adoption yahoo group I'm a part of... and knew it would eliminate the need for a visa for our girls if passed... BUT, tonight I just learned more and am SOOOOO excited about this! The coordinator for our agency had a chat tonight and was telling us more about how this would affect our adoptions if passed. Currently, once we get through step 6 on our "Steps in a Haitian Adoption", 2nd Legal, our girls will legally be ours - the adoption will be final... but, we will still have 4 more steps to go through before we can bring them home. This can take MONTHS (and sometimes close to or over a year) longer. If the FACE Act passes and becomes law, then our girls will be American Citizens once we get through 2nd Legal... AND THEY CAN COME HOME!!! They would be issued an AMERICAN passport and come home! This could cut months off the wait for bringing both our girls home... SO!! We are PRAYING that this legislation will pass - allowing ALL internationally adopted children to come home to their forever families that much sooner!
Please pray with us!!! And, if you are at all willing to, please contact your Congressmen and Senators and ask them to support this when it comes up for vote! (There is a link above with more information on this if you are interested...)
