Exciting News about Financing Adoption!

April 4, 2010

If you’ve ever wanted to adopt, but the expense was keeping you from it, there’s great news! Check out the following link – there have been some changes made in the last week or so with the adoption tax credit that will make adoptions this year and next very affordable – especially when adopting multiple [...]

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The last few days…

April 3, 2010

The past few days have gone by quickly! We are excited to know that we will definitely have court on Tuesday at 9am and we have plane tickets that leave out of Donetsk (a city about 2 hours from here) Tuesday afternoon. Our documents left Kyiv by train last night & should now be in [...]

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Celebration of March Birthdays!

March 31, 2010

We were surprised yesterday at the orphanage when we were told there would be a performance by the girls in Kristina’s group. We were further surprised when we went into the auditorium and realized it was a celebration with the entire orphanage and lots of different groups would be performing. We’ve posted a slide show [...]

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2 Weeks and Counting!

March 30, 2010

Well, we’ve been here for 2 weeks now! We’ve never been away from Anya, Faith or Caleb this long, so it’s an accomplishment to say that we haven’t lost our minds yet. We’ve actually done pretty well, I think. For us, having the computer and access to the Internet has been a life saver. We [...]

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Hanging out with the girls!

March 27, 2010

We have had a great time the past couple of days! The girls have been a lot of fun & the orphanage staff has been very hospitable to us! Thursday, we spent a long time at the orphanage with Katya & Kristina. Zhenya went to a volleyball game with her friends, but we did manage [...]

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Video of Katya and Kristina

March 26, 2010

We have had a great time with the girls. I have tons of pictures I need to post! This is a video message from Katya and Kristina to my parents, my sister, Faith, Anya & Caleb. They are so ready to come home. Wednesday evening we were allowed to take them out for an hour, [...]

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Quick Update & Lots of Pictures

March 24, 2010

Things have gone very well this week. The girls have now had their updated medicals that were needed for our paperwork and all documents were finished this morning (medicals, social inspector’s report, documents from the orphanage, notarized petition, petition to court (their names will officially be Yevgenia Mercy Higgins, Katerina Hope Higgins and Kristina Joy [...]

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Yes! Yes! Yes!

March 22, 2010

That’s the big news of the day! We couldn’t have had a better day! All three girls said YES – They want to be adopted! For those of you who know Zhenya or about her, you know this is a miracle in itself! Just three months ago, when I told her that we would like [...]

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A Tour, A Letter, Dinner & Train Tickets!

March 19, 2010

That pretty much sums up our day – we’ve had a great day! Jack even commented that we’ve enjoyed Kyiv so much that it’s hard to think of heading to Severodonetsk and adjusting to something new. The thought of seeing our girls makes the transition worth it, however.
We had a leisurely morning and ventured out [...]

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Life in Kyiv, Ukraine

March 18, 2010

Well, we’re here!!! After 3 pretty uneventful flights, we made it to Kyiv, Ukraine on Wednesday at about 1pm local time. Praise God that all our luggage made it as well (we really rejoiced when we saw our suitcase with our coats in it because it’s pretty cold here now & snowing off and on). [...]

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