{"id":7122,"date":"2019-07-26T04:01:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T16:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spence-chapin.org\/blog-category-colombia-building-family-colombia-heritage-adoption-chris-michelle-story\/"},"modified":"2020-01-07T07:50:06","modified_gmt":"2020-01-06T19:50:06","slug":"familia-colombia-herencia-adopcion-historia-de-chris-michelle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spence-chapin.org\/es\/family-colombia-heritage-adoption-chris-michelle-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Construyendo nuestra familia a trav\u00e9s de la adopci\u00f3n de la herencia colombiana: la historia de Chris y Michelle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mi esposa y yo decidimos adoptar en 2011. Despu\u00e9s de sopesar muchas opciones, incluida la adopci\u00f3n dom\u00e9stica, encontramos la <a href=\"https:\/\/spence-chapin.org\/es\/colombia\/#colombia-heritage\">Programa Patrimonio Colombiano<\/a> en Spence-Chapin. Mi esposa es mitad colombiana y mitad portuguesa y siempre se ha asociado m\u00e1s con su cultura y tradiciones colombianas.  En 2012 presentamos nuestra solicitud y comenzamos nuestra formaci\u00f3n, estudio en casa y tr\u00e1mites de expediente. Nuestro expediente pronto fue enviado a <a href=\"https:\/\/la-casa.org\/en\/home\/\">La Casa de la Madre y El Ni\u00f1o<\/a>, uno de los orfanatos m\u00e1s antiguos de Colombia. Nos asignaron a nuestra hija en julio de 2014 y viajamos para encontrarnos con ella en septiembre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spence-chapin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Genevieve.png\" alt=\"  Nuestra primera foto de Genevieve, alrededor de julio de 2014.  \" width=\"312\" height=\"263\"\/><figcaption>Nuestra primera foto de Genevieve, alrededor de julio de 2014.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>En Colombia, el d\u00eda en que una familia y un ni\u00f1o se encuentran por primera vez se conoce como \u201cEncuentro\u201d. Nuestro \u201cEncuentro\u201d fue el 11 de septiembre de 2014. Recuerdo que me despert\u00e9 emocionado, hasta que encend\u00ed la televisi\u00f3n y vi que se reproduc\u00edan las im\u00e1genes del 11 de septiembre. Fue una monta\u00f1a rusa de emociones cuando escuchamos los nombres de las personas que fallecieron ese tr\u00e1gico d\u00eda, pero recordamos que est\u00e1bamos a solo unas horas de lo que ser\u00eda el momento m\u00e1s feliz de nuestras vidas.<strong>. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Llegamos a La Casa esa ma\u00f1ana y conocimos a nuestra hermosa hija, Genevieve.&nbsp; <strong>Dej\u00f3 escapar una gran sonrisa tan pronto como mi esposa la tom\u00f3 en sus brazos y las l\u00e1grimas de felicidad comenzaron a fluir.<\/strong> Los primeros d\u00edas que una familia pasa con su nuevo hijo se conocen como \u201cIntegraci\u00f3n\u201d o, en ingl\u00e9s, Per\u00edodo de Integraci\u00f3n. \u201cIntegraci\u00f3n\u201d sali\u00f3 muy bien, al igual que todas las citas restantes, y regresamos juntos a casa el 24 de octubre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Un par de a\u00f1os despu\u00e9s, en 2016, nos dimos cuenta de que nuestra familia no estaba del todo completa. Iniciamos el proceso de adopci\u00f3n de nuestro segundo hijo. Decidimos adoptar una vez m\u00e1s de La Casa de la Madre y El Ni\u00f1o en lugar de la autoridad central (ICBF), a pesar de tiempos de espera potencialmente m\u00e1s largos, debido a nuestra conexi\u00f3n con La Casa. Simplemente se sinti\u00f3 bien.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spence-chapin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/BabySister.png\" alt=\"  Genevieve conoce a su hermana peque\u00f1a (dormida) por primera vez.  \"\/><figcaption>Genevieve conoce a su hermana peque\u00f1a (dormida) por primera vez.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Nos mudamos de Nueva Jersey a Maryland durante esta adopci\u00f3n, lo que agreg\u00f3 algo de tiempo y tr\u00e1mites adicionales, pero nos asignaron a nuestra segunda hija en noviembre de 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No viajamos hasta marzo de 2019 debido a m\u00e1s retrasos en el papeleo, pero regresamos a casa exactamente un mes despu\u00e9s, con nuestra segunda hija, Madeleine.  En caso de que te lo preguntes, los nombres de las ni\u00f1as traen un poco de mi herencia (mi madre es francesa).  Este viaje fue muy especial para nosotros ya que pudimos experimentar que Genevieve se convert\u00eda en hermana mayor; ella fue la primera en ver a Madeleine en La Casa e incluso la ayud\u00f3 a vestirse para su gran d\u00eda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>El proceso se ha simplificado bastante en el pa\u00eds debido a que el ICBF procesa sus casos a trav\u00e9s de un tribunal en La Mesa, en lugar de en Bogot\u00e1. La Mesa es una hermosa ciudad a unas 2 horas de Bogot\u00e1, con un juez que apoya much\u00edsimo las adopciones. Nos alojamos en el hotel Kau y recomendamos encarecidamente este hotel a familias.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tambi\u00e9n guiar\u00eda a las posibles familias de herencia colombiana a un grupo privado de Facebook (Colombia Adoptions) que es extremadamente \u00fatil con cualquier pregunta que <em>voluntad <\/em>surgen durante este proceso a menudo desalentador.  Descubrimos que el grupo era un activo invaluable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hay momentos durante el proceso en los que se pondr\u00e1 a prueba tu paciencia, pero te aseguro que hay una luz al final de ese largo t\u00fanel. Para nosotros, esa luz ha sido ver a estas dos hermosas ni\u00f1as prosperar en un hogar amoroso.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spence-chapin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Sisters.png\" alt=\"  \u00a1Las hermanas Genoveva y Madeleine, acurrucadas como dos insectos en una alfombra!  \"\/><figcaption>\u00a1Las hermanas Genoveva y Madeleine, acurrucadas como dos insectos en una alfombra!<\/figcaption><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My wife and I decided to adopt in 2011. After weighing many options, including domestic adoption, we found the Colombian Heritage program at Spence-Chapin. 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