From Amy:
Well it is time to finally update the ole blog! Obviously consistency with blogging is not our strong suit, but Chris and I definitely want to keep everyone updated about our adoption! So, here’s the latest…
We celebrated our 15th wedding anniversary on June 17th! I can’t believe how old we are getting, but I’m so glad God has given me such a wonderful life-partner in Chris.
Adoption-wise, we are currently waiting on one final piece of paperwork (hurry up Chase-Morgan!) to be completed so that we can meet with our social worker for our dossier review. NOTE: For those who have never heard of a “dossier,” it is just a fancy word that means “a legal file containing detailed records on a particular person/subject”. Once all our dossier documents are gathered and perfectly completed (with no errors whatsoever), we will mail them to Ukraine. (APPLAUSE PLEASE!!!) The goal is to mail them by September and hopefully travel to Ukraine in October. We are told if all goes smoothly, we can expect to remain in Ukraine for 4-6 weeks (minimum).
During the time we are there, we’ll meet with our adoption agency’s facilitator who will coordinate communication (translators), transportation (driver) and housing (furnished apt), and will assist us with the entire adoption process to include everything from buying food/clothes to navigating the Ukrainian court/legal system and interacting with orphanage administrators . It is overwhelming just to think about it! I am sure we’ll have plenty to blog about in the coming days!
At this point in the waiting game, we would ask you to pray for several things with us. First that God would continue to prepare the heart(s) of our child(ren) for his/her adoption (physically/emotionally into our family and spiritually into His). Second, that we might be prepared on every level for the inevitable challenges that will come and that we might trust God. And third, that God would grow our family daily in spiritual dependence on Him and that others might know Him as a result.
We are most grateful for our invaluable family and friends who are walking with us in true community as we prepare to be parents. Thank you for asking about our adoption and waiting alongside us. We love each and every one of you!
Well it is time to finally update the ole blog! Obviously consistency with blogging is not our strong suit, but Chris and I definitely want to keep everyone updated about our adoption! So, here’s the latest…
We celebrated our 15th wedding anniversary on June 17th! I can’t believe how old we are getting, but I’m so glad God has given me such a wonderful life-partner in Chris.
Adoption-wise, we are currently waiting on one final piece of paperwork (hurry up Chase-Morgan!) to be completed so that we can meet with our social worker for our dossier review. NOTE: For those who have never heard of a “dossier,” it is just a fancy word that means “a legal file containing detailed records on a particular person/subject”. Once all our dossier documents are gathered and perfectly completed (with no errors whatsoever), we will mail them to Ukraine. (APPLAUSE PLEASE!!!) The goal is to mail them by September and hopefully travel to Ukraine in October. We are told if all goes smoothly, we can expect to remain in Ukraine for 4-6 weeks (minimum).
During the time we are there, we’ll meet with our adoption agency’s facilitator who will coordinate communication (translators), transportation (driver) and housing (furnished apt), and will assist us with the entire adoption process to include everything from buying food/clothes to navigating the Ukrainian court/legal system and interacting with orphanage administrators . It is overwhelming just to think about it! I am sure we’ll have plenty to blog about in the coming days!
At this point in the waiting game, we would ask you to pray for several things with us. First that God would continue to prepare the heart(s) of our child(ren) for his/her adoption (physically/emotionally into our family and spiritually into His). Second, that we might be prepared on every level for the inevitable challenges that will come and that we might trust God. And third, that God would grow our family daily in spiritual dependence on Him and that others might know Him as a result.
We are most grateful for our invaluable family and friends who are walking with us in true community as we prepare to be parents. Thank you for asking about our adoption and waiting alongside us. We love each and every one of you!
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