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Eve of SDA Appointment!
It’s been another long day, but one full of rest and catching up on our jet lag. We slept in till about 11 A.M. which was very refreshing! Before I get into today, I will share a little bit more about our first day on Tuesday. It really was a crazy and tiring day. When…
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This is the First Day of the Rest of your Life, it’s gonna be alright.
Today is the day we finally take the next step in our journey. I guess we could say this is the penultimate moment of our adoption. There’s not much else to say, but wow. It’s here. It’s a beautiful warm day in October and in about six hours we will start our long day of…
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One More Day!
These last couple of weeks have flown by so quickly! Words can not explain how many different emotions are going through my head right now. In just one day we will be flying to Ukraine to finally start the process of adopting our child. Even with that said I can’t seem to really express how…
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We have our Appointment! – October 14, 2010!
For the last week and half Lindsey and I have been refreshing our email over and over in anticipation of this day. It finally came this morning from our case manager at CWA! On October 14, 2010 we have an appointment with the SDA at 11 AM to start the referral process! We’re already in…
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Moratorium on Ukraine Adoptions Postponed! (link to results included)
If you’re currently in the process of adopting from Ukraine I’m sure you have been aware of a vote that was to take place today, a moratorium to put on hold international adoptions. Like I mentioned in my previous post, the purpose was for various reasons, and I won’t speculate here, but just google “Ukraine…
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Dossier submitted! Awaiting our Travel Date.
(Update 9/17/10: Today we received official confirmation from CWA – our dossier was in fact registered yesterday with the SDA in Ukraine!) I suppose it’s safe to say our dossier was submitted today! No official word from anyone, but today was the date. We’ve known for six months that today would be our submission date…
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Submission Date draws near; Asking for Prayers.
It’s a Monday evening. I’m sitting back relaxed after a bike ride and nice dinner made by my beautiful wife, with my feet up on the coffee table watching the O’ Reilly Factor while drinking a beer (a seldom treat). It’s a peaceful evening after a long hard day at work. Ah.. this is the…
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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,…
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Desiring ‘Faith Like Potatoes’
Each and every day God tests my faith. In fact, the more I get to know Him, the more I think He tests it. Day by day as I’ve drawn nearer to Him, I sometimes have to look back and think if I’m really giving it my all in this relationship with Him. It’s like…
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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…