Welcome to our Journey 2 Adopt

Our Journey Home We spent the next days in Khmelnytskyi in our apartment and going on small little adventures to the park and shopping nearby.  Luckily the passports were issued ahead of schedule so our time spent in Khmelnytskyi was shorter than expected, but we...

Reunited and it feels so good! The long anticipated wait is finally over.  The 30 day appeal period is complete and we have our go ahead to pick up the children.  Travelling during Covid is not easy, having to take several PCR tests, and having the appropriate travel...

Blessed By Generosity As Ryan and I are busy preparing for our final trip to bring the children home, we could not have done all of this without the generous help of others. While getting the children’s rooms ready, we have had numerous donations come in of beautiful...

Earlier in the month Ira one of our facilitators traveled from Kiev to join us in Khmelnytskyi.  She was assisting with the paperwork required by the Social Services department as well as meeting with the judge to set our court date as well as asking the judge for an...

We ended up staying a week longer than expected to allow time to get all of the paperwork together for finalizing the adoption. During these weeks we would have our normal routine of morning coffee, planning our day, go for a walk, and have lunch at our friend’s...

On Monday, June 7,  2021, we had our first appointment set to meet with the Minis try Office of Social Service of Ukraine.  This appointment is where you are presented options of children available for adoption. 30 minutes prior to this appointment we met with Inna,...