Countdown!

Ok, this really isn't the first that we've begun our countdown, but it's the first I've been able to update our blog. 4 days and we leave for Poland, 5 days and we're IN Poland, 8 days and we will be able see & hug our children for the very first time!

I have packed, re-packed and packed again for about the bazillionth time! And really, what's this about a carry-on only weighing 13 lbs. Seriously! Don't they know we have our court clothes, toys we don't want to get lost, numerous polish/english books/dictionaries, important documnts and lets not forget to mention our unmentionables! Well I did it, but I'm not happy about it. I hope they don't ask me to open any of the bags or it's all over...Kaplowey!

I think I'm getting giddy with the excitment of leaving in 4 DAYS!

Dates have been confirmed!

Wahoo!!! We just got our dates for trip #1 confirmed! We leave Denver on May 28th and return on 6/21st! Pardon all the exlamations, but I am just so excited!!!!!!!!!!!

Karney Family, I know you're out there and I know I've spoken to you or followed your blog, but who are you? (Sorry I'm not matching a last name to all the first names I know)! Apparently we're going to be traveling together. It will be nice to meet another family who's going thru the same things we are!

Stay tuned.....

Oh how they've grown!

We just received updated photos of our children and all I can say is "oh how they've grown"! It's one thing to have them before you and watch their changes, but an all together different thing to have keep track from across the ocean.





I also have to add, I'm in love with my children! They are so beautiful and I can't wait to smother them with hugs and lovin'. The reality that this is actually going to happen hasn't sunk in yet. I guess when our dates are actually confirmed and we have to make flight arrangements, it might set in. Did I say this already?

More News

Now that we have our tentative dates I can share what else is going on in our lives. I've known since early this year that my employer is going to close the Colorado office that I work in, since the headquarters and main foot print is Wisconsin, Minnesota & Illinois. But now I know that my last day will be July 31. I can't tell you how pleased I am that we'll be able to get the kids home within the time period that I'll still be employed because I'll still get the time off as paid leave and I'll be able to take advantage of their adoption reimbursement program.

Although I'm looking for work here, this may be our chance to get back to WI so the kids will be close to their new Grandparents, aunts & uncles and cousins. Well at least some of them.

So priorities are: get the kids, find a job and possibly move. Nothing too ambitious. ;) God has a plan for us and I look forward to following his lead.

Hallelujah! We've got tentative Dates

Tentative dates are better than no dates and we are so VERY excited!!!!!!

We received an email today stating our preliminary dates are to leave the US on 5/30 and arrive in Warsaw on the 31st! These dates are still to be confirmed but I'll take them!

Needless to say I'm already packed except for a few last minute items and one last load of laundry of items I want to take. Oh, if you all could only feel the joy and elation I'm feeling I would love to share it with you!

Praise God!

More to follow.....

Debbie

Wishing everyone a Happy Easter!

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your path. Psalms 3:5-

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your path. Psalms 3:5-6

Well we have been dealt another snafu. It appears the case of the woman petitioning to be a foster parent to our kids is not resolved. The judge handling the case got sick and so the case was reassigned to a new judge, whom now wants time to make herself acquainted with the court files before appointing a date for a Court hearing. Which means the whole process will be prolonged and nobody is able to tell us for how long. So the adoption authorities in Poland have asked that if we don't hear anything by the end of this March do we want them to start looking for a new referral for us.

A new referral...as if these beautiful children that we've fallen in love with, have been building a home for, planning our future around, can so easily be replaced by another referral! We are not parents of convenience. We are sticking with these children until the very end! No matter how long it takes, no matter how it turns out.

Please fellow adoptive parents who are following our blog, do not be discouraged. This is not the norm and we know that. This is our cross to bear for whatever reason, and we walk in faith and trust with our Lord.

Please pray for us and our children.

Thank you all ~ Jeff & Debbie