It is hard to believe we have been here 15 days already, yet it also feels as though we have been away from home forever. As you can see by the photos we have been blessed to be given the opportunity to adopt this precious child. She brings a smile to all our faces each time we visit and she has come to know us as her family. The care givers tell her every day that we are her Mama, Dada and Brother and when we arrive each day she is as excited to see us, as we are to see her. We cannot wait to bring her home and begin our lives together as a family. However we need to complete the process and the schedule of events go like this. Tomorrow we will be taken by our coordinator to petition the court to adopt. Then on Friday our coordinator Alma will meet with the judge and find out when our court date will be. Sometime next week we will appear before the court and ask to adopt Leah. All our documents will have been reviewed and a representative from the Ministry of Education and Orphanage Director will also speak on our behalf. Then the judge and prosecutor will ask questions and a decision will be made. We believe it will be favorable and we will be granted permission to adopt Leah. We will be told the decision that day and then, there is a 15 day waiting period for all the paperwork to be completed. It is then that we will make plans to fly home. Leaving Ust Kamenogorsk will not be easy as we love that little girl but we know for us it is necessary to come home. Her caregivers will, as they always have taken good care of her and we know they will talk to her about us. We will leave a photo book for her as we already know she likes to look at books and pictures. We pray she will remember us and when we return we can pick up where we left off.
Please keep us in your prayers tomorrow as the legal portion of our adoption proceeds.
I didn't give you the gift of life, But in my heart I know. The love I feel is deep and real, As if it had been so. For us to have each other Is like a dream come true! No, I didn't give you The gift of life, Life gave me the gift of you. --- Unknown
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- Its ok to feed these animals at the zoo in Kazakhstan
- Scenes we have seen
- Lunch with our Driver and Coordinator/Translator
- Our Friends are Leaving Today
- I think I figured out photos blogger style Hooray
- Counting down the Days
- A room with a view
- A picture worth a thousand words
- We Petition the Court
- Signed and Sealed
- The Baby House
- Leah Young AKA Natasha/Natalya in Ust Kamenorgorsk
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1 comment:
We had a hard time leaving our children, too. BUT we, too, knew they were being taken care of. We worrie that Mateo would be angry at us and that Natalia would forget us...neither happened. I think you'll be surprised at how excited she is to see you again...and how much she does remember! Mateo was sleeping when we came for him. They woke him up and he came over to us with the BIGGEST smile. The caregiver/translator explained to him that he would be leaving and he was going home. He couldn't wait to leave. He was ready. I always say that it was like he had been waiting for that moment all his life. He neer looked back. Natalia was on the potty when we came for her. She was sp excited, she began scooting over to us (still on potty). So cute. These kids know, although young, we are their mama and papa. She won't forget.
Love,
Michelle
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