Hello all and welcome to our new blog. Here you'll be able to keep up with our adoption process as we update it realtime while in Russia. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers as we go on this life changing journey.

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Alert: Ukraine Adoption

It seems that President Yanukovych signed a Decree transferring all functions of, the State Department for Adoption (SDA-- the current central adoption authority of Ukraine), to the Ministry for Social Policy. It is too early to know exactly what this will mean for Ukraine adoption. It could mean many paperwork changes and/or long delays, possibly even a temporary shut down until this new authority has everything in place to take over. The entire adoption process could look different after this happens.  

Yulia (coordinator in Ukraine) has assured us that adoption as we know it will not be affected by this change for at least 2 months. She has submitted our dossier to the SDA and is hopeful that our family will receive an invitation to Ukraine soon to be able to get our child and be back in America before the affects of this change happen. 

This is now our prayer! Pray with us that God would put a hold on this transfer. That we would get an invitation very soon. And that He would lead us directly to our child. That we would spend minimal time in country and be back home before this transfer takes place.
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  1. Christie GordonApril 16, 2011 at 8:01 AM

    Hello, Shannon and Jason! Know that I am thinking about you every day and praying for you and your family through this process. Are you currently in the Ukraine, or are you awaiting clearance to go? Thank you for starting this blog as a way to keep us posted!

    Love you, Tussin!

    Christie (and Craig)

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  2. The Way FamilyApril 21, 2011 at 10:23 PM

    Hi Tussin!!
    It is so nice to hear from you! We are still in the US. We have been waiting for an invitation. But per our last blog, we will not be going to Ukraine and hopefully will be heading to Russia soon. Thank you for praying!!
    Love you!!!!

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