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Dossier complete and in Ukraine!

Exactly one year to the date we signed our first agency agreement, on August 13th, our full completed dossier was translated and UPS’ed over to Ukraine. All that’s left is to wait. In less than a month on September 16th our paperwork will be presented in front of a judge in Ukraine, and God willing, [...]

Step by Step

Hello again blog world!  THANK YOU to each and every person who made our “Running With a Purpose” fundraiser possible!  Your love and support helped me complete the race step by step.  There were lots of special memories that I want to share with you and to record to share with our little one when [...]

New Life!

Spring brings new life!  This is Lindsey.  Scott and I have enjoyed seeing the new beginning that spring brings, from plant life to human life!  There is new life popping up all around us.  We are rejoicing with four of our friends who have recently added little ones to their families.  Also, our Pastor- Craig [...]

Spring is in bloom… and so is our adoption fundraising!

Hello Friends and Family!  This is Lindsey. One of the biggest challenges of our adoption, and one of the reasons most people don’t adopt, is finances.  Most international adoptions can cost over $30,000.  This is where YOU can make a difference!  We have two special fundraisers going on right now and we’d like to ask [...]

Dossier due September 16, 2010. Travel Date likely in October!

Today Lindsey and I received exciting news from our case manager at CWA. We are now officially pre-registered to adopt our child in the Ukraine! We received confirmation today from Ukraine that our new registration date at the SDAPRC is September 16, 2010! At this time our dossier will be due in Ukraine. Once it [...]

Pre-Registration for Ukraine sent to CWA. Dossier up to bat.

It’s a month later and things have picked up quite a bit with our adoption process. Although, in the last month we did confuse some things that led us to believe we would have this process finalized in the late spring/early summer. I think the blame might have be on us for the misunderstanding. However, [...]

Home Study Week.

For the first time today, I admit I finally had that feeling that wait a minute.. this adoption might actually happen. This is real, and not just some dream Lindsey and I have thought up. Since our last post on the adoption, we have received all of the required paperwork needed for our Home Study, [...]

I Thank My God Every Time I Remember You.

I know, I know, I’m a little bit late to be talking about Thanksgiving and things that we can be thankful about.  I’m sure that we’ve all gotten our fill of turkey and pumpkin pie and have packed up the fall decorations and have trimmed the Christmas tree already.  But, I would like to go [...]

Trust and obey, for there’s no other way.

Hello, this is Lindsey!  Scott has been sluggish in updating his blog, so I thought that I would give a whirl at it.  I wanted to post an update about where we are at the process of bringing home our child, along with how God is working through the whole process. We are currently going [...]

I will move ahead, bold and confident.

As Fall has come, and the summer has passed there has been a lot of interesting changes in our daily Christian walk. Lindsey and I have been very busy with our jobs lately and for awhile it felt like we were getting nothing done for our adoption. The first important steps have been completed for [...]

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  • Road to Ukraine

    8/13/09: CWA Agency Agreement
    8/30: Pre-Home Study Evaluation
    10/13: Sent in I-600A
    10/26: Adoption Circle Home Study Application
    11/9: Request for IN & OH Child Abuse Registry Report
    11/9: Request for IN & OH Driving Record
    11/10: Faxed Medical Statement for Dr. signature
    11/16: Biometrics (Fingerprints)
    11/17: Completed 8 hours of Hague Adoption Training
    11/22: Concert for Adoption - 6:30 @ NewLife
    12/9: Home phone installation
    12/19: Fingerprints, again.
    12/21: CPR Classes
    12/22: Fire inspection Passed!
    1/19/10: Home Study Office Visit
    1/20: Home Study "Home" Visit
    2/17: Received Final Home Study Report
    2/17: Power of Attorneys notarized
    2/18: Documents authenticated and apostilled
    2/19: Sent Pre-Registration docs to CWA
    2/23: Turned in copy of Home Study to complete I-600A for USCIS approval.
    3/1: Received USCIS approval - Form I-71H
    3/2: Received Registration Date of September 16th, 2010. Dossier due at this time. Likely travel date of October to Ukraine.
    5/8: Mini-Marathon in Indy - Raised over $1,600 for our adoption!
    5/28: Dr's appointment for dossier paperwork

    8/3: Completed Dossier! Mailed to CWA
    8/13: Dossier sent to Ukraine

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    9/16: Dossier submit date in Ukraine with travel likely in October!

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