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Welcome Home - Elizabeth: Бог Похвалы! (Praise God!)
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Welcome Home - Elizabeth. Adoption journey to Berdyansk, Ukraine. April 03, 2007. Olya at the Wishing. Chair in Berdyansk, October. We received our appointment date (April 19th) and we are very excited to be in the final stages of welcoming Elizabeth home. Elizabeth's bedroom is nearly redone and our travel plans are complete. Just a few more days and we will be on our way. Бог Похвалы! Congratulations on your travel date. We can't wait till you bring Olya home! April 6, 2007 at 12:04 PM. We are rejoicin...
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Welcome Home - Elizabeth: We're Off!
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Welcome Home - Elizabeth. Adoption journey to Berdyansk, Ukraine. April 15, 2007. Our journey has begun! We packed up a rental car and are on our way to JFK. We elected to drive to JFK and not risk a canceled Richmond to JFK flight due to the ongoing storm. Tomorrow we will continue our drive to JFK and be on our way to Kiev. We look forward to our arrival in Kiev on Tuesday. Kate's brother and sister (Sasha and Lena) will both be traveling from Kharkiv to Berdyansk to visit with us during our time there...
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Welcome Home - Elizabeth: Enjoying Berdyansk
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Welcome Home - Elizabeth. Adoption journey to Berdyansk, Ukraine. May 04, 2007. We did not receive the required signature from the SDA yesterday, so our earliest court date is now Monday, May 7th, assuming we receive the signature today (which is expected! Laura and Rob Journey (Ongoing). Deb and Dale Journey (Ongoing). Terri and Stan Welcome Ella and Art. Kathie and Dave Welcome Elliott and Nicky. Charlene and Tim Welcome Sophie. Beverly and Gary Welcome Erin. A Happy Mothers Day.
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Welcome Home - Elizabeth: It’s Official
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Welcome Home - Elizabeth. Adoption journey to Berdyansk, Ukraine. May 17, 2007. The ten day wait is over and we have picked up the official court decree legally declaring Elizabeth our daughter. We are blessed and thrilled with this addition to our family. Elizabeth is a wonderful child and we are amazed with how natural our family feels. We shouldn't be surprised, but . . . From this point, our vacation is replaced by a hectic schedule to secure the remaining documents required to bring Elizabeth home.
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Welcome Home - Elizabeth: Sunday in Kyiv
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Welcome Home - Elizabeth. Adoption journey to Berdyansk, Ukraine. May 20, 2007. By the way, we are experiencing an incredible heatwave here! It has been climing steadily into what must be the low 90s. We have “deep-sixed” most of our warm clothes and shoes, and are living in tank tops and shorts! 9:00 pm, Richmond) Thanks all, for staying tuned, for writing and for praying. Great news that the final pieces are coming together! May 20, 2007 at 8:58 AM. May 20, 2007 at 10:55 AM. Wow, very nice. We are thri...
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Welcome Home - Elizabeth: Time with Extended Family
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Welcome Home - Elizabeth. Adoption journey to Berdyansk, Ukraine. May 02, 2007. Time with Extended Family. Our papers remain in Kyiv and we continue to await a signature from the SDA that will allow us to proceed. We hope that the documents will be returned via train by Friday morning so that we can get to court. Sergey left us this morning to finish an adoption in Odessa, but will return Saturday morning. He gave us the numbers of some other translators so we should be “covered”. We brought lots of quie...
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Welcome Home - Elizabeth: May 2007
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Welcome Home - Elizabeth. Adoption journey to Berdyansk, Ukraine. May 23, 2007. After a long day of trouble-free travel (our plane arrived an hour early and we breezed through US Immigration in NY) we arrived at Richmond airport and were greeted by Robin D., who gave hugs all around. We collected our stuff and piled into the van. We pulled into the driveway around 9:30 pm, having left Kyiv 19 hours earlier. Ahhh.home! There was a fridge chock full of prepared food, groceries (thank you Kathy M and Robin!
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Welcome Home - Elizabeth: Doma! (Home)
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Welcome Home - Elizabeth. Adoption journey to Berdyansk, Ukraine. May 23, 2007. After a long day of trouble-free travel (our plane arrived an hour early and we breezed through US Immigration in NY) we arrived at Richmond airport and were greeted by Robin D., who gave hugs all around. We collected our stuff and piled into the van. We pulled into the driveway around 9:30 pm, having left Kyiv 19 hours earlier. Ahhh.home! There was a fridge chock full of prepared food, groceries (thank you Kathy M and Robin!
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Welcome Home - Elizabeth: Court on Monday
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Welcome Home - Elizabeth. Adoption journey to Berdyansk, Ukraine. May 05, 2007. We received the required signature from the SDA yesterday and our court appointment has been set for 9 am on Monday. We are very excited to get to court and we pray for a smooth hearing. If all goes well, we will remain on track to catch our scheduled flight on the 22nd. This evening we will walk to the Hotel Berdyansk for dinner (a 20 minute walk) and use the internet café there. All in all, we are having a very good tim...