Anyone starting the Ukraine proccess

I am posting for the first time, but have been reading everyones messages for some time now. This board has been very helpful. We are planning on hosting a 9 year old boy from Ukraine, that will be 10 in September. We thought that was the way to go with the present rules regarding adoption. We are older and wanted an older child anyway. We will get to see him and by the time the rest of our paperwork is done, he will be 10, so unless they change again in some way, we are hoping we will be successful. We will keep our fingers crossed and say our prayers, for everyone.

This might be the best time in years to start paperwork, you just never know. Go with your heart, we did and we are extremely happy with our three Ukrainian children Jane

Hello we are waiting for the INS approval and then we will be sending our dossier in when Ukraine starts taking new dossiers sometime in early May? We are in Las Vegas anyone else from Las Vegas??

If you need an interpreter/translator in Ukraine at lowest rates, you are welcome to get in touch with me. I could also help with meeting at the airport, accomodation, etc. My email is: elena_translator@7metasearch.com

Most of our Documents expired in March-April. And we are praying about starting our paperwork over again :o We know for sure we will just waiting for an answer from the man upstairs ;)

Also we need to find a new Social worker~

A very long time ago I posted about, what else? The long, long wait. Fortunately for my wife and I, we do have a great son and a life in which we can distract ourselves from this process. This is not to say the waiting has been easy. Finanically, the expenses for home studys, agency fees, documents, etc, are a significate burden to bear under these circumstances. Emotionally, you like to think about meeting "your" child in Ukraine some day, and then shut the thought out because you know in another month you will learn the wait is still more months and months away. I find it difficult to encourage anyone to adopt a child in Ukraine. At least this year. It is not out of any disrespect for the Ukrainians or thier agencies. American government agencies are no model for the world and neither is the plight of many of our own children in foster care. The situation is what it is and all we can do is accept it. I don't take the delays personally. We have to understand we have no right to adopt, but it given as a privilage to those who offer it. So, I try not to dwell on adopting. This long, long wait has created such a distance of any hope that a child will ever be ours.