Progress!

Today we went to Harrisburg to get some documents apostilled and then stopped at the Fed Ex office to send them to our facilitator in Ukraine!  That one act makes it seem so close now.

When we got home (after the trip to Harrisburg and  Keegan and Kelton's baseball game).  There were some emails from Teresa with dossier info.  She also let us know that the rumor we had read about a couple of weeks ago might have some merit.  The SDA (Ukrainian office that handles adoptions)  is rumored to close for some time in mid June to transition to another gov't agency.  This makes our timing very important.  We want to get done before this happens.

We are going to really focus and work on getting the remainder of the paperwork finished and sent to our facilitator as fast as we can.  Also, need to get the kids passports!   We are hoping to travel at the beginning of June. This also means that we need to get a quick and successful fundraiser idea.   We have quite a bit of money to raise in a very short amount of time.  Thinking maybe spaghetti dinner? 

Feeling excited and stressed all at the same time!

Watched another very informative podcast tonight on Ukrainian adoptions at mothertheworld.org.  There is so much information out there and Jim and I feel like we are really trying to be well informed on the entire process before we go.  We thought we were before but there is so much more to learn!

Thank you to everyone supporting us through this incredible experience.  We love to hear that you have read our blog and that you are thinking and praying for our family!   Your support means so much to us - the process can be so daunting but just a few words from a friend that they are praying or enjoying reading the blog is uplifting.  Thank you!