In 40 days, we leave for Ukraine. It is truly hard to believe that we are finally going after all this time. We started our homestudy for this adoption at the beginning of October, 2005. After hitting several roadblocks and redoing our dossier 3 times, we finally received our appointment date; June 12, 2008!
The last 2.5 years since we started our journey has been very challenging both mentally and emotionally. We have had tremendous support from our families, friends, co-workers and other couples who are embarking on the same journey. This support has helped us to continue moving forward and not give up on our dream to adopt a child. To those of you who have been there for us, you have our heartfelt thanks. We have learned a lot on this journey so far but what really stands out in our minds is how blessed we are to have such good people in our lives.
Our family held a steak nite fundraiser for us to raise money for the orphanage we adopt from. It was a huge success! We raised a significant amount of money that will be put to good use for the children in the orphanage. Again, a huge thank you to everyone who attended and/or donated. It was a lot of fun and we got to see people that we haven't seen for a very long time.
Now the getting ready part. The packing lists are compiled and the language books and CD's in hand. I find it kind of humorous that after 2.5 years, we still feel like we will not be ready to go by June 8 which is when we leave for Ukraine.
Well, this is our first official post on our blog. We will try to post as often as we can when we are in Ukraine. Bye for now!
