Driving and waiting

Today with our court decree in hand we spent the day driving around to different offices of vital records to get the new birth certificates that need to be issued in our childrens new names with our last name with us as the parents. The day started off well, although we had a pretty long wait. but that is to be expected. Later in the day, we ran into a snag. There was a small technical issue with our court decree and that prevented us from requesting the birth certificates for two of our children.


I should mention that part of the driving around was due to the fact that our childrens records were located in two different offices. The other part was due to the fact that we are also doing this process with another family so we needed to visit the office where their childrens records were located. So, we have half of the births certificates, need to get the other two, then a special tax number and then we can apply for new passports for the children in their new names. After that, medical examinations and applying at the embassy for their exit visas and then we can go. Unfortunately that all takes time and there are a number of holidays next week that will slow down the process.

We continue to need prayer for the process and our safety, for the care and safety of our children back home and for our endurance here and the continuation of the bonding process with our children. We got to see a bit of the countryside out of Kyiv today and that was nice. The process of securing all of the necessary records for the the adoption is interesting, lots of different offices, changing between local and national offices, and the dependence on the various timing and how busy the clerks are. But it is fun to see all of the interactions.

Please continue to pray for us, both our efforts here and then our bonding as a family once we get back home.

Thanks and love in Jesus name, Chris and Alesia