Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Dossier Sent to Ukraine

Kristen from America World called today and said that she is sending our dossier to Ukraine to be translated! It was so good to hear that; and know that we did not have to redo any documents!!! Thank you, Kristen!!!!
Once our dossier is in Ukraine, the team there will translate it and submit it in Kiev.
Now begins the long wait that everyone warns us about! We anticipate waiting AT LEAST another 5 months. Please pray that we will make good use of this time--We still have books to read, Russian to learn, and garage sales to put together!
We are looking forward to learning about transracial/transcultural adoption at St.Elisabeth/Coleman this Saturday. After this seminar, we will have completed most, if not all, of our adoption training. Of course, we still have books to read--books about bonding, adopting a toddler, how to make the transition smoother for Katarina going from an orphanage in Ukraine to America, etc. So much to learn. . .

2 comments:

Catherine Steinke said...

WOW. What a turning point! I will pray that God will continue to go before you. Let me know how I can help with the next sale.

Love ya!

Chris and Sarah said...

How exciting!!! Oh wow 5 months, yes those will be the hardest. At least it is getting warm outside so just keep yourselves busy and have fun as a family of 5.

Read the book but don't let them scare you too much.