Pam and I paced the floor of our apartment today waiting for our 2:00 SDA appointment. Yulia told us to go downstairs to take a taxi that she was sending at 1:40. We went down at 1:30 and the taxi was waiting for us. It's a good thing we left ten minutes early because we arrived five minutes late. However, the SDA hadn't returned from lunch so no harm no foul.
The SDA official, Irena, was very nice and asked us why we wanted to adopt from Ukraine. Pam gave an emotional explanation of how we had hosted "V" and "D" last summer and fallen in love with them. Pam was a bit embarassed by her tears but Irena told her that she was much more composed than a lot of the mothers she meets.
Irena told us that "V" had no siblings and was available for us. She then confirmed what we already knew, that "D" has a younger brother, and that unless they can be separated, we would have to adopt her with her brother or not at all. She also told us that since we were pursuing known children, we would not be given a referral to find another girl. This was an answer to our prayers, that God would help us know beyond a doubt which child(ren) to pursue.
We have come this far and will now travel to the region to make the request to separate siblings. The younger brother is not available yet for adoption and they have not been in the same facility since they were brought to the orphanage. We were told that we have a good chance of success. If the judge rules against our request, then we will only come home with "V".
Please pray that God will make His decision clear to us. We are grateful that He answered our prayers today to continue pursuing "D" and not give up on her for an unknown child.
We will travel to our region by train tomorrow night and get there at 6:00am Saturday morning. We will have our meeting Monday morning to get our letter to visit the orphanage and find out if "D" can be separated from her brother. So all in all things are as clear as mud!
About Me
- Kevin and Pam
- Kevin and I have been married for 19 years. We have two heart grown children from the United States,adopted at birth, Garrett 16 and Morgan 14, one heart grown child from Ukraine in 2008, Justin age 13. We also have two dogs, Mattie and Halley, adopted from the local animal shelter. Adoption is close to our family's heart.
4 comments:
It sounds like your meeting went very well. I will keep praying that "D" will be available to you and that God will make it very clear. I pray you will have peace. I still can hardly believe you are really there. We have waited for so long!!!! Have you met Serge yet?
We will continue to pray. God is ALWAYS FAITHFUL!
My prayer for you is that:
"Your ears will hear a word behind you, "This is the way, walk in it," whenever you turn to the right or to the left." ~Is 30:21
We love you and will continue to pray that His perfect will is made crystal clear.
Wow! I'll be watching your story eagerly to see how God works all things out. Thank you for telling us of your experience--I pray you will soon have two more children to call you Mama and Papa!
So glad the appointment went well, and praying that God gives you wisdom and peace for your next steps!
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