Sunday, February 26, 2012

Meet Lydia....




So we prayed and prayed for God to show us our second Ukrainian child.  We know if he astounded us with Vera he would show us to our other child.  For those who have not been following, go back and read ALL of my blogs!! Just kidding..., no serious, go read them, OK just kidding... We had initially planned to adopt two and were driven at the beginning by two sisters in Kherson that our friends the Roge's are advocating for (appears they have found a family so Praise God for that!!).  When Vera came in the picture we were still left with a home study and I171H that approved us for two kids.  To that end we have been praying that if God wants us to bring another child home we would be open to that. Why not?  We are a little crazy anyhow!  We also spoke with Vera about the possibility of adopting another child and not only was she on board with it, she was ecstatic about it!  She made it clear she wanted a sister. 

Leave it to Vera, that kid never stops amazing us.  She picked out her own sister! Vera knew we could only adopt one other child (besides her).  That means the other child could not have siblings.  We have discovered that this situation is kind of rare.  Most of these orphans have multiple siblings and we really wanted to adopt a child from Vera's orphanage.  It is much easier to adopt two from the same region than to be chasing all over Ukraine. 

It seems that Lydia will be our other child.  We have never met her but we did speak to her on the phone.  Vera says she is a good girl and she wants her to be her forever sister.  Lydia is 12 or 13 years old.  She has an older brother who has aged out and is no longer in the picture (we think!!).  Vera has evidently convinced Lydia to come to America with her.  We also have some new friends that are currently in Ukraine adopting a different child from Vera's orphanage.  They confirm that Lydia is a sweet girl; they even said they would adopt her if they were able to bring two kids home.  This was awesome news for us!  Fist bump Jesus!  Again, it appears He has shown us our other kid!! We really hope things work out and everything gels when we meet Lydia, we are certain they will.  Thank you Lord for blessing us and we continue to walk forward in faith with just enough light to see our next steps. 

On a side note, our dossiers are in Ukraine and we are now awaiting appointment dates.  Everything has been timed to try and put us there in early-mid April (Vera's availability date). We thank you for your prayers and ask that people continue to pray for us.  If you are moved to donate there is an easy "donate" button at the top of the blog.  It runs through paypal and is deposited directly into our adoption fund account.  If you are not moved, that's OK!  Just pray for us then!!!  Thanks!!!!

Lydia is giving the thumbs up on the left (your left)!