A family just finished adopting their 13 year old son from Ukraine. They gave me permission to share some of their emails.

First blog on their adoption is here.

Second blog on their adoption is here.

3/23/06

Coming home tomorrow with [our son].

........those of you who have gone before know how it is to run from place... more

I posted information from a family who is adopting a 13-year old boy from Ukraine. Here is a link to this older post.

Here is the update.

3/6/06

We are scheduled for court tomorrow. [Our translator] is confident that everything will go well despite the fact that this is the first international adoption they've done in this town.

I am slightly concerned because we ran into a woman in the park on Saturday who knows [our boy]. He was polite... more

I have an email friend who gave me permission to share her story about adopting an older child from Ukraine. She went to Ukraine to adopt a child over 10 years of age.

Friday, Feb 24, 2006

There were several couples in NAC on Thursday. Today (Friday) we went to pick up the referral (at 12 instead of 3) and it was a ghost town. [Translator] says the director is "on vacation".

My friend and her husband received a referral for a 13 year old "gentlemen". They traveled on Sunday so they could visit the orphanage on Monday.

Wednesday,... more