Waiting

Some of you have been asking for updates and want to know what's going on. Unfortunately, we don't really have any news right now. Over the holidays, we found out that the old NAC (National Adoption Center) closed, stopping all adoptions. They are working on transferring power from one ministry to another. In the mean time, they are waiting for the president to sign legislation that will reopen the old NAC for the interim until the new NAC is up and running sometime in May.

We have no idea when we will travel. It's hard to say how quickly they can get things up and running again. Despite this setback, we are in good spirits. We are enjoying some more kidless time together, finishing up home improvement projects, saving more money, and Bill is closer to graduation. We are also busy updating all of the paperwork that has expired. We have waited a long time already, so a little longer doesn't hurt. Our babies are in Ukraine waiting for us:) We'll be there soon to bring them home! As soon as we hear more, we'll post again.

Peace,
Bill & Kelly

From the Beginning

Bill and I are excitedly awaiting word on when we will travel to Ukraine to adopt a set of siblings. We started trying to have our own children several years ago without success. We decided we would look into adoption. I spent the summer of 2004 researching international adoption. We discovered a group called Ukrainian Angels through a coworker of Bill's. I spoke with many people who had used this group and we decided that this would be how we would build our family.

We started the adoption paperchase in September 2004. By March 2005, our dossier (all of the adoption documents) was complete and ready to be sent to Ukraine. Our dossier was received by our first team on March 24. After much waiting and frustration, we switched our team in July. This turned out to be a good thing. In August, our dossiers were finally submitted to the NAC. On September 12, we were notified that our dossiers were registered! Finally, some good news:) In October, we received our first official letter from the NAC. It basically stated that we were registered and approved and that we should request an appointment for 2006.

There are currently many changes happening in Ukraine with the adoption system. We are waiting patiently and know that we will be in Ukraine at the right time to find our little angels:) We'll add more when we hear from the NAC and our facilitator.

Bill & Kelly Woods