Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Complications

Our attorney called and told us that the SDA does not want to give the agreement to adoption for our boys. The inspector wrote the agreement to adoption and our attorney gathered all the paperowork to turn in to the SDA to get a final agreement from them and they said that because the kids are under an "opekun" care taker, they should not be available for adoption. Well our attorney was running around everywhere including the orphanage to get all necessary paperwork from couple of years ago, stating that the caretaker allows for the kids to be adopted and had no intention to adopt them. Right now, our attorney just left to SDA to turn in all the paperwork. She told us not to worry, because according to the law of Ukraine, these kids CAN be adopted. The SDA is being really against international adoptions, and they will make it harder and harder to adopt from Ukraine. We heard from other families that are here, that they are having problems too with the SDA approving adoptions. It's unfortunate considering how many children are in orphanages and streets here in Ukraine.
Please pray for this whole situation to resolve and so that the SDA will give us permission to adopt and not take their time in issuing paperwork.
We are just thankful to God for a wonderful attorney who knows what she is doing and knows all the laws of Ukraine and where they are written by memory....
Blessings

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey guys we're praying for you!!! It will work out and it sounds like your attorney has things under control. We're still waiting for our travel date to adopt a 12-yr-old we met this summer. From what I've been hearing people are having less of a problem with older children. We'll keep following your story.

Debora Hoffmann said...

I will be praying for you all! God says specifically that He is FOR the orphan, so bringing your boys before Him in prayer is what He wants us to do. I'm on board!

Stephanee&Zach said...

I think you guys left a message on our blog when we were in Ukraine if I'm not mistaken. Anyways, just wanted to say hello and that we are praying for you guys. Is your facilitator a woman named Natalia?