Ukraine isn't the only country experiencing an adoption slow down. Russia' law requiring adoption agencies be registered NGOs has created problems for some families. China is also experiencing a slow down.


Lisa adopted 2 boys from Ukraine and is now trying to adopt a girl from China. She tried to adopt from Romania but was a month away from getting a referral when Romanian adoption was shutdown.


Here is what she says about waiting.....

I feel this dreaded sick feeling inside. It is almost like deja vu kind of thing. Here I sit, many of us actually, waiting and waiting for news that we have no idea when it may come. It is almost like being terminally pregnant.....when will it happen, will it ever happen?

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I am not really complaining (I know believe it or not) about the wait, but more so just the lack of information. Fear comes from the unknown and right now referrals are unknown.

From: Jump ship or sail the Titanic?

Mark and Courtney's were unable to get their dossier submited before the NAC adoption shutdown in September 2005. They want to adopt 2 children... hopefully under 3 years of age. They are open to special needs children. Here is what they say about waiting.

The basic idea of all of this is that it's probably going to be awhile before we're going to Ukraine...to put it mildly.

Yes, it's very frustrating. While we still believe that God has a plan and that it simply may not involve us going to Ukraine before autumn, it doesn't mean we're particularly thrilled with it. While I would love to say that we can be patient and wait, etc., etc.--which is true!--there are days it is really...really...hard.

From: Appointments for all!...well, most...er, some

Les and Patricia live in Canada.

Hi everyone!! Just wanted to say hello. Still no changes with the situation in Ukraine. The Adoption Centre is still closed

Things are well with all of us here. Keeping busy with our lives helps with the "wait". The boys I must say get a little antsy (sp) at times but they too are keeping busy.

From: Hello

The DeLorenzo Family is looking at adopting a 4 to 5 year old boy. They haven't filed their dossier. I hope the restrictions on Americans are removed. Right now Americans cannot submit new dossiers for children under 10 years of age unless they are handicapped or a sibling of a previously adopted child.

Well, it seems that our paitience is being thoroughly tested. We had originally preffered to travel in April to finish our adoption, but April came and went and they still were not accepting dossiers. We then changed our target month to July, but this is looking impossible, too. Do we dare hope for October??? The rumor has it that Ukraine will start taking new dossiers around June 20th. but we have heard so many other dates which never panned out!

From: not much new, just waiting...