Today was the final paperwork that when accomplished made Kolya and Christina ours. The court has given us a 12 day waiting period which was extended until after the holidays when we could get an inspector to come and sign documents and officially give us the kids. Nothing can take them away from us now!! Christina Joy and Nikolay Joseph are Edwards!!!
While at the orphanage we were finally able to give the snow boots to the kids who were not at the orphanage before the holidays. Luda, Dima, and Sasha - all brothers and sister came in September. The team that came in October met them then. Also Kostya, a special friend of Fred Hendon, received his boots and a letter from Fred. He sends his thanks to Fred!!
We also took pictures of kids wearing scarves, gloves and hats that were donated and brought in October. Also there is a picture of the TV and DVD player that were donated in October for the kids who stayed at the orphanage all the time...the true orphans. There are about 22 true orphans who do not have a home or the home is not suitable for kids. Of the 22, there are/sorry, were 7 adoptable kids, now 5 adoptable!! Vica is 16 and graduating this May, Maxim is 14, Vitalik is 6, Vova is 6, and little red hair Sasha who is 6 - he has recently been moved to Orphanage 34 in Odessa. I will include their pictures in another blog. Please pray for the kids left behind as we leave with Christina and Kolya!!
Now that we have the kids we want to come home. However both of the kids need Ukraine passports. We just heard a report that the passport company had not been paid and therefore were on strike and so there are no blank passports. There is a rumor that we are trying to track down, that we might be able to expedite the passports. We are working and praying for this to happen. We now have tickets for Jan 20th and we would like to use them.
In Him Alone,
Leslie
Leslie,
ReplyDeleteWe too are in Kiev, we were able to expedite our passports today - hoping to receive them on Monday. They aren't the passports usually given, they are instead childrens travel documents/passport (blue instead of red). If you want to email me, I can give you the number of our facilitator who can tell your facilitator the ropes we had to jump through to get this. wainwrightadoption@yahoo.com
Hope to hear from you,
Carol
PS- We're friends with the Peipons as well. They have played a HUGE part on our adoption.