We have been waiting a long time to be able to post about having our appointment! We had a bit of a rough start. Our facilitator always calls the taxi for us and gives them the adress. The driver we had wasn't sure of the number and dropped us off at a different building. I kept thinking that this building didn't look familiar. I had seen pictures of it before on other blogs. Anyway, Sydney happened to see our facilitator walking on the other side of the street so we flagged her down. She couldn't believe we had been dropped off at the wrong place. We were fortunate enough to have the first appointment of the day... or so we thought. We went in and were asked for our passports. As luck would have it, this was the only time we had ever left the apartment without them. Our facilitator didn't know we needed them. Our hearts dropped! They said to go get the passports and be back by 10:00. We had trouble getting a cab because of the time of day. Our facilitator ( I will call her "Y" from now on) and Dan got in a cab at 9:30. They made it back at 10:02. In the meantime, Sydney and I were waiting outside of the SDA looking at the time every 30 seconds. We had to wait for about 10 minutes before we were called in again. The appointment itself took about half an hour to 40 minutes. OK, OK, I know, get on with it :)
We are going to meet a little boy who will turn 5 on Monday... the day we first visit him. We have to travel for about 12 hours by train and will leave on Sunday evening. I can't say too much other than we are very excited. We have many steps to go through yet but we really feel like this is the child that is meant to be in our family.
I will post again as soon as I have more information. We love to read the comments, so keep them coming!
17 comments:
What a blessing. You will know when God has revealed to you who is to be your child. Keep posting. It is great to read about your experiences. We will be traveling in August
Wonderful news - good luck as you go to meet the boy who will hopefully be your son!
We adopted a great distance from Kyiv, too - we had to travel 10 hours by car (they said train would have been even longer) to Mariupol. Our son was 5 1/2 when we adopted him.
Feel free to email me (dovefamily@bellsouth.net) if you guys need advice/have questions as things go along. So exciting!!!
The next few days will be exciting as you will travel to meet this boy. We are praying that everything will go well with you.
Have you tried some kvas!
Cool!! Stephanie is crying she's so happy for you! I see the number 12 has popped up again (train ride). You guys might be home sooner than you think with a new little man by your side. Our prayers are with you all. :)
I am so excited for you guys!!!!
As always there was a little bump in the road, but I have faith everything will work out. We are all praying for you.
Awesome news!
Ryley was excited to hear the little guy will be turning 5. She said" yay... a new friend to come play on my swingset!"
Have a safe trip to meet him, and enjoy the weather! We plan on building an Ark this weekend!
Judy:)
I'm so excited for you guys!! Brings happy tears to my eyes to hear that you'll be meeting your little guy on Monday!! Can't wait to hear how that goes!!
Sydney ... Billie and Jamie say Hi!! Billie's at home sick today. Jamie's supposed to be at the track meet but it's pouring rain so I think it'll probably be cancelled. They have no school tomorrow so I'll get them to email you!!!
God bless you all! We, too, are to welcome our new child into this world and our family on Monday! Another good omen!
I will be thinking of you as I meet him or her. Soon we will both be looking in to the eyes of a child we were meant to be with and love forever.
All our best,
Angie Tate and family
Good ~ Afternoon from Rain-
Soaked Saskatchewan!
We recieved an e mail from Michelle today with the blog address ~
You are doing a great job posting, This diary will make a wonderful keepsake
I posted two fun articles
on the Number 12 on our blog - something to read when you have a quiet moment
Sending much love and good
vibes ~ Rob & Meg
What wonderful news! I know your not homefree yet, but you're on your way and that is what counts. God bless with the travels and most of all meeting your little boy. Our prayers are with all of you.
Angi & Jason
Great news, we'll be thinking about you and praying too. How exciting to meet on his birthday!
We are so excited for you! Boys add a dimension to your life you can't describe until you have one!
The Mosers
Hi Lorrie, Dan & Sydney! I'm so happy to hear you arrived safely and everything is going well, so far. My thoughts and prayers are with you. And thank you for setting up the blog. It will be great to be able to read your postings. Love and Blessings to you all. Dianne.
Woo-Hoo! And yes, never take your passports out of your sight. We brought photocopies for our facilitator to use to buy train tickets so we never relinquished them to him either!
Hi guys. So excited for you but more excited the little boy who's meeting a wonderful family. You are in my prayers!!!!!!!!!
PS: Jack is really Karen G (who is obviously technology challenged). luv you L - Karen
You must be so excited. After waiting for so long, the day has finally come! I'm so happy for you, I can't even tell ya. You're in my prayers 24/7.
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