Now that we have our court date (ah...I still can't believe I'm typing that...SO THRILLED! THANK YOU GOD!), what happens next? Well, the first thing we have to do is KEEP PRAYING. We still have a lot of steps to bring K home for good, so keep your prayers going strong. They are powerful and effective! Pray that God continues to be glorified through our adoption and K's life. We KNOW beyond a shadow of a doubt that he has already been such a testament to God's name.
We will travel to K's country, to the capital city, and have medicals done there with 8 medical specialists. Once we are done with that, we will travel to K's region for our court date. Once we get there, the first day, we will complete final court paperwork and visit with K!!! MY HEART IS ABOUT TO EXPLODE JUST TYPING THAT...WE WILL SEE HIM IN A LITTLE OVER A MONTH!!! :) :) :) The next day, we have court. If we are approved, that will begin a 10-day grace period. That time is designed to give anyone a chance to object to the adoption. During that time, we will come back home. We could stay, but we will be missing Clayton so much and we feel that we need to come home to see him. Plus, those 10 days would be pretty difficult. There isn't a lot to do in K's region; it's a beautiful city but it would be hard to fill 10 days there. We wouldn't necessarily be able to visit him everyday if we did stay because of travel to and from the orphanage. It takes a couple of hours to drive there from the city and we would have to hire a driver each day, which would be very expensive. So for all of those reasons, we will come home.
We will return to K's country after the 10 day grace period and the first thing we will do is go to his region and pick him up! He will be ours at that point. :) :) :) We have to complete some post-adoption paperwork there, then we will go back to the capital city. In the capital, K will have a medical exam done. Then we will have to register K with the consulate and get his passport and visa. Once we get all of that done, we will come HOME! :) I'm not posting exact dates on here for privacy's sake, but we will be home sometime the first week in April.
Thank you all so much for your continued prayers. Our family is completely overwhelmed with the outpouring of love and support we have received. I'm terribly behind on responding to all the Facebook messages, emails, texts, and phone calls. Please know that it's only because there aren't enough hours in the day to respond immediately but I will do my best to respond eventually. We need these words of encouragement so much. YOU have been Jesus on earth to us and for that we are humbled and so, so grateful. God is so good. His plan in all of this is unfolding. I can't share all the details yet, but we are finding out things that are blowing us away. God has been working very hard behind the scenes in ways that we could have never imagined. I can't wait to tell you more!
We will travel to K's country, to the capital city, and have medicals done there with 8 medical specialists. Once we are done with that, we will travel to K's region for our court date. Once we get there, the first day, we will complete final court paperwork and visit with K!!! MY HEART IS ABOUT TO EXPLODE JUST TYPING THAT...WE WILL SEE HIM IN A LITTLE OVER A MONTH!!! :) :) :) The next day, we have court. If we are approved, that will begin a 10-day grace period. That time is designed to give anyone a chance to object to the adoption. During that time, we will come back home. We could stay, but we will be missing Clayton so much and we feel that we need to come home to see him. Plus, those 10 days would be pretty difficult. There isn't a lot to do in K's region; it's a beautiful city but it would be hard to fill 10 days there. We wouldn't necessarily be able to visit him everyday if we did stay because of travel to and from the orphanage. It takes a couple of hours to drive there from the city and we would have to hire a driver each day, which would be very expensive. So for all of those reasons, we will come home.We will return to K's country after the 10 day grace period and the first thing we will do is go to his region and pick him up! He will be ours at that point. :) :) :) We have to complete some post-adoption paperwork there, then we will go back to the capital city. In the capital, K will have a medical exam done. Then we will have to register K with the consulate and get his passport and visa. Once we get all of that done, we will come HOME! :) I'm not posting exact dates on here for privacy's sake, but we will be home sometime the first week in April.
Thank you all so much for your continued prayers. Our family is completely overwhelmed with the outpouring of love and support we have received. I'm terribly behind on responding to all the Facebook messages, emails, texts, and phone calls. Please know that it's only because there aren't enough hours in the day to respond immediately but I will do my best to respond eventually. We need these words of encouragement so much. YOU have been Jesus on earth to us and for that we are humbled and so, so grateful. God is so good. His plan in all of this is unfolding. I can't share all the details yet, but we are finding out things that are blowing us away. God has been working very hard behind the scenes in ways that we could have never imagined. I can't wait to tell you more!
Can't wait to hear more! And I love all the :)s in this post. :)
ReplyDeleteAPRIL!!! OMYGOODNESS!!! THAT BOY IS COMING HOME!!! Two months from now, you are going to be sitting down to breakfast with BOTH of your boys, Tes!!!
ReplyDeleteTes, I can't keep the tears from flowing as I look at the picture above. He is just so small and precious and needs you so much! Praise God that you will be his Mommy! This is such a miracle and a blessing for all of you, especially you.....you are so blessed by God giving you that precious boy! God is Good!!
ReplyDelete((HUGS)) to you!
Amy
Gah, I tried to comment early this morning and it wouldn't let me. But I wanted to say this is the best news!!!!!! I'm so excited for all four of you, and cannot wait for you to step foot back on American soil with K!
ReplyDeleteTesney, we are SOOOO Happy for you!!! Still praying though that all goes smoothly!!
ReplyDeleteThat is awesome!!! YAY!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteTears are pricking my eyes as I'm reading this... I am so overjoyed for y'all! What awesome news! I'll continue to pray that everything goes even more smoothly than planned! This is truly a miracle!
ReplyDeleteWe are so thrilled for y'all. Prayed constantly....prayers are answered. Love to you....Linda & Jim Allen
ReplyDeleteI got to your blog through networkedblogs and saw Russia adoption...so, I checked it out. We have just been back for about 7 months from St. Pete, Russia. We took our family there and lived there for 2 years. We were privileged with meeting a couple there that was adopting like you guys and got to see what they would encounter. We now know another couple going soon to get their little one in the next few months. I don't know where you are adopting from, but if you have any questions, you are welcome to send them my way. I can send them to our friends or try to answer them myself. We also have a friend that works specifically with special needs over in St. Pete. She lives in the states, but goes their at least once a year. Anyways, if I can help let me know.
ReplyDeleteMy email : jnkbull at gmail dot com