Well, we finally got our LOI (actually "proof of our sponsored invitation" according to a Russian friend of ours) and can proceed forward with getting our Visas and planning our trip. We have been told to report to Almaty, Kazakhstan on April 16th and will hopefully start the bonding process on April 17th. We were hoping to travel sooner but I guess this gives us more time to get everything in order for our first trip. Ah, Spring in Kazakhstan instead of Winter! Should make packing a little easier since hopefully we won't be needing the heavy, bulky clothing we were anticipating. I guess Wayne doesn't get to take his new fur lined cap with the ear flaps he got for Christmas either. I was kind of looking forward to seeing him wear it :). At this time we are expected to stay until the 1st week in May. We'll keep you all posted on this blog site.
On the down side we just found out our local agency that did our homestudy and was to do our required post placement reports is being closed out by their parent group do to the down turn of the stock market. The adoption arm of the parent group was funded through dividends they received from their stock portfolio and as is the case with everyone they took a big hit and have had to cut expenses. Unfortunately for us that means we are losing our local agency. Hopefully this will not impact our current process and will be something we can deal with after the adoption is finalized and we have to submit our first post placement report. The director at the local agency has been helpful in suggesting other local agencies we could use and will transfer our files to whichever agency we choose. It's always something!
Monday, February 23, 2009
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Lynda, post a picture of Wayne in the hat anyway. Everyone wanted to see it. Congratulations on the date. It will be here before you know it. Love, Cheryl
ReplyDeleteI'll see what I can do about getting a picture and posting it to the blog. It will give me practice with posting pictures.
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