Getting closer

Yesterday we answered the last of the questions needing to be taken care of for our Home Study to be finalized - like Where was your middle child born again? We looked it over and sent it back to our social worker Lisa. We expect her to be getting the final product completed and sent out today.

In Ukraine, we have an English speaking attorney, Sergiy, who is working on the girls and our behalf. Sergiy is a wonderful family man who has come highly recommended. Even though he is young, he has lots of experience right out of law school with adoptions in his country. He used to work for the governmental agency that facilitated adoptions. That agency no longer exists and Sergiy continues to work on the orphans behalf in the private sector. He is anxious to get us over there and bringing Ola and Vala home soon.

There have been some recent developments that are forcing us to work as quickly as we can. We were notified that Ukraine is closing its borders to International adoption this September! That means we need to have all our paperwork done, submitted, accepted, sent to Ukraine, approved and "invited" to go over, go through the 4-6 weeks of court cases and procedures required in Ukraine and get back out of the country. Whew! That will be a tall order for us to complete! But we have great faith that this path we started down is the one God has sent us. Therefore, He will go before us, smooth out the path and pave the way. Not that there won't be bumps along the way.....this is the government after all!

We pray all is going well for you and yours. Remember to hug and love your children dearly. Grow them up with earnestness. Allow them to grow to who they were made to be. Let them dream and watch them fly.

Much love,
John & Jenn