Happy Canada Day! And a good day for us.
[Note: For the time being it is best for us not to provide too much detail about the appointment process or the children that were proposed for us. This is in the best interest of the children]
Our translator and right hand woman (We’ll call her “Y” for purpose of privacy at this point) called us at 8:30 a.m. to say that our appointment at the State Department for Adoptions (SDA) was at 12:00 p.m. We met Y just prior to the appointment. Things went very well. We will be heading off to south east Ukraine very soon to meet officials and then the children.
St Andrew’s Church is right beside the SDA office so we went in and said a prayer of thanks, took a deep breath and recovered from our very emotional experience. Your prayers and good wishes seem to be doing the job.
After resting a bit in the afternoon, went to the Canadian Embassy for a Canada Day BBQ. (BTW, Murray thanks all you taxpayers back in Canada that helped pay for the free hamburgers and non-stop beer). At the event we met other Canadian families who have adopted or are in the process of adoption just like us. O Canada was sung in English, then French, followed by the Ukrainian anthem. There was a funky Scottish band playing some Ukrainian tunes. It was good to visit with other Canadian expats.
I (Murray) then tried to sleep, but there’s a lot of things going through my mind as you can imagine. Stay tuned for the next episode of our adventures in Ukraine.
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What exciting news! So anxious to hear more details as they unfold. We also adopted from the southeast (Mariupol, southern part of Donetsk).
Oh, and I saw the pic of your driver and that is our Leonid! He was our driver and also the husband of our facilitator. He drove us to & from Mariupol - a lengthy drive to say the least :) Tell him hi from Zack, Jennifer & William in Georgia! In case you spend more time with him & don't know it yet, the man loves to talk about cars. He & Zack talked about them constantly!
Feel free to email if there are any specific questions we can answer for you! dovefamily@bellsouth.net
Continuing to pray for you!
Jennifer
Hope your travels are safe and uneventful. I also pray that your time meeting the children will be what God has planned for you. Congrats. We will keep you in our prayers.
Our dearest friends,
We are constantly checking your blog for the latest updates with a strong belief that you deserve the best for all the struggle and efforts you put into this adoption, but also with a fear to catch some traces of disappointment in your posts. We are happy not to find any so far and hope things will get even better when you meet your children and start spending time with them. It was shortly after Tuesday midnight (morning in Kyiv) when we realized that probably at that exact time you were heading to SDA, and we prayed for you in Ukrainian to be better heard in that part of the world. God Bless You!
Congrats to you both
We are all very excited to get your news.
We have been following your day by day accounts but due to a snag (Lack of of Computer knowledge by Seniors!)we have been unable to send off our replys of excitement . I (L) have been reading it all to your Dad, Murray & he is thrilled at hearing the news! The two of us had a few tears this AM! He sends his best wishes and congratulations to you both . He was glad you made the journey safely.
We will be in touch . We send out love. Take care.
Remember Donna & Murray : This Is the First Day of the rest of your life !
Murray, sing my song:"The Ants Come Marching One by One!" & Keep on marching !
Love,
Bob,
Uncle Don & Aunt Linda
Aunt Donna & Uncle Zbyg send their best wishes too!
We are very excited for you! We are glad to hear that you are settling into life in the Ukraine.
I'm sure that Natasha and Kara will be excited to hear about the children. I am confident that they will have a lot of questions !!!
Our thoughts are with you as you go forward.
Marlyss. Trevor, Natasha and Kara
Yay! We are very glad for you and will continue to pray that God will make your path clear.
Know that our best wishes are with you guys.....have strength and good luck!
Shannon/Rob
Yeah! I am so happy to hear that your appointment went well. I can't wait to hear more :)
Keeping you in prayer,
Megan
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