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Did I mention that I wasn’t much of a writer? Thus the reason it has been so long between posts. We now have airline tickets and are scheduled to leave Charlotte on January 18th. We will arrive in Kiev, Ukraine on the 19th and then have a day to relax (recover) and prepare (pray) for our appointment on the 21st. Many of you have asked for details on this, so here is what we expect:
We will go to the SDA appointment. The SDA will use our dossier to filter the selection of available boys for us to look at. For us, we have our dossier limited to boys, 1 or 2, ages 2-7. We are really hoping for one boy age 2-4, but we never know what is in store for us (repeating “I am not in control” in my head) (Prayer Request – That God will make it so clear which one we are to choose). After choosing a particular child's dossier, arrangements will be made for us to visit him at his orphanage. The orphanage could be anywhere in Ukraine, so we will travel to that region to meet him (Prayer Request – we bond with him immediately) and if everything goes well, we will start paperwork to adopt him. There is a lot of paperwork to do, but our Facilitator helps with this. If all goes well up to this point, we will be given a court date (Prayer Request – that the court date is soon). God can do anything – he’s already shown us that. After the court approves our adoption, we move to the 10 day waiting period. After the 10 day waiting period we will be ready to go the U.S. Embassy to complete the last of the paperwork, then we can come home.
I promise to update as we get closer, right now we are preparing for our journey. Making preparations for my family that will be staying here with our girls (Prayer Request – for our girls and my Mother and Sister who have so graciously volunteered to help out here while we are away) Oh, I haven’t done any Christmas shopping yet. I better get on that!
Until next time!
Sharon
4 comments:
Good summary. We will be praying!
I just found your blog through the Kayser's. So excited for you as you prepare to go to Ukraine. We adopted our son (then 5 years old) from Mariupol (Donetsk region) Ukraine last year - we came home on 12/7/07. He has been such a blessing. Our prayers were much like yours - for a clear sign from God as to which child was our son, for a healthy and quick bond, and for an overall quick process.
I will be praying for your family as you approach the final leg of your journey!
Jennifer
http://littleboydove.blogspot.com
We have just finished our homestudy, and hope to travel next year to the Ukraine, have a safe journey, I am anixous to ready about your adventures.
Blessings from Raleigh, NC you will be in my prayers!
cherl
Only 2 weeks left until you leave...we are so excited for you and will be praying for you! Jackie & James
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