Dossier at MOE

Our agency let us know today that our Dossier made it to the MOE on April 1st. Very exciting. Still no word on when we expect to travel. It could be in the next few months or it could be more like 18-20 months. The wait continues.

Waiting

The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. To dig for treasures shows not only impatience and greed, but lack of faith. Patience, patience, patience, is what the sea teaches. Patience and faith. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach - waiting for a gift from the sea. – Anne Morrow Lindbergh


Kyzylkol Lake in Kazakhstan

Waiting....Patiently

Adoption News: None. We are still waiting on our paperwork to move from the MOFA to the MOE. It is hard when families from other agencies are already traveling but we are very happy with our agency and we are sticking with them....and that's that! Everyone has their own journey and this is ours and we believe that everything happens for a reason. In the meantime we wait as patiently as we can! We are able to talk with Karen in St. Louis and she is always available to answer any questions. We believe that our agency is ethical and is following all the rules that need to be followed in this complex world of international adoption. We hope to travel sometime in 2009. If it is sooner then that we will be pleasantly surprised but I would rather be surprised then disappointed.

In the meantime some pictures of the Nephews.
It is always a party when Daddy is around!


Big brother Charlie looking after Osby.


Always smiling!

Still Waiting

I called our agency this week to see if our dossier was still sitting at the MOFA and it is. It has been there for 11 weeks. Our coordinator indicated that they would be checking into why some dossiers are still at the MOFA and see if they would be moving soon. I know we still have a wait in front of us but it would be nice to see some movement in that area. There are some families from our agency that have traveled and are waiting now to go back and another family that is going to be leaving soon. So this is good news and it is nice to see things moving. We are still confident in the path that we have decided to take and are just trying to stay patient.