Wednesday 3/17/10 – Departed from GSP airport 2:30 yesterday afternoon for Washington, DC. Arrived in Frankfurt, Germany 7:30 AM Germany time, 2:30 AM Greenwood (our body’s time). Without having Cooper along with us on this trip, we actually were able to sleep a bit on the plane. Waiting to depart at 1:30 and lose another 5 hours before arriving in Astana at 11:55 PM and hopefully be greeted by our facilitator, Gulnara. Karaganda (our final destination) is a 2 hour drive from Astana where we will stay in a downtown apartment. We will get to sleep some more before going to the orphanage to meet our daughter on Thursday. Haven’t a clue where the orphanage is but as long as our driver knows where he/she is going it’s ok if we remain clueless. Tomorrow is the day that we meet her, the little one that God placed in our hearts in July 2007 (3 months after we arrived home with our then 2 year old from China).
Quick recap of where we’ve been to get us to this day:
· July 2007 – hours of research on line into various countries and agencies for adoption
· August 14, ’07 – signed on with an agency to adopt from Guatemala. By January ‘08, after losing referrals of two diffferent girls, Guatemala closed doors of all international adoptions.
· February 14, ‘08 – signed on with EAC for Kazakhstan
· September 14, ’08 – five days before we were to leave for Almaty, Kazakhstan our trip was put on hold due to “issues” in Almaty
· June ’09 – we were asked to redo our dossier (and retranslate) and resubmit to Embassy (which we did but never understood why we were having to so)
· November ’08 – changed agencies to Nightlight Christian Adoptions (the greatest agency in the world!)
· December ’08 – new dossier sent to MOFA and MOE in Almaty (total of 6 weeks). Late December – learned about 5 yo girl in Karaganda
· March 16 –the last “leg” of our 2 years and 8 month journey has begun.
Now sitting on the plane as I type, I could cry. It is unbelievable what we have been through. At 49 (me) and 50 (John) years of age, why on earth would a couple who already has a 23 yo, 20 yo, 18 yo, and 5 yo (this Friday) do this? Her name is Faith. Call her Faith.
Quick recap of where we’ve been to get us to this day:
· July 2007 – hours of research on line into various countries and agencies for adoption
· August 14, ’07 – signed on with an agency to adopt from Guatemala. By January ‘08, after losing referrals of two diffferent girls, Guatemala closed doors of all international adoptions.
· February 14, ‘08 – signed on with EAC for Kazakhstan
· September 14, ’08 – five days before we were to leave for Almaty, Kazakhstan our trip was put on hold due to “issues” in Almaty
· June ’09 – we were asked to redo our dossier (and retranslate) and resubmit to Embassy (which we did but never understood why we were having to so)
· November ’08 – changed agencies to Nightlight Christian Adoptions (the greatest agency in the world!)
· December ’08 – new dossier sent to MOFA and MOE in Almaty (total of 6 weeks). Late December – learned about 5 yo girl in Karaganda
· March 16 –the last “leg” of our 2 years and 8 month journey has begun.
Now sitting on the plane as I type, I could cry. It is unbelievable what we have been through. At 49 (me) and 50 (John) years of age, why on earth would a couple who already has a 23 yo, 20 yo, 18 yo, and 5 yo (this Friday) do this? Her name is Faith. Call her Faith.
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