The challenges that go along with this whole adoption process is how LONG it takes to complete the paperwork, raise the money, complete a home study, a dossier...etc. I am sure I don't even know the half of what it takes, but I know plenty of people working hard, jumping through hoops to get their paperwork done, so THEIR child will be home with their family...and out of an orphanage crib.
Apparently Ukraine is voting this month sometime on whether or not to continue to allow adoptions to take place. This would mean that the parents in the process of bringing their child home would no longer be allowed to complete their adoption (from my understanding). And this....completely.... Breaks. My. Heart.
You can read more about it here and here.
Adoption seems like an emotional roller coaster as it is, so I can't imagine what they are all going through knowing this vote could stop this journey, and leave their child in a crib halfway around with world.
I don't understand the reasoning behind all of this...or the "ins and outs" of it for that matter. I just know that I follow several blogs of adoptive parents, and lots of Ukrainian kids. I've held many of these kids with my own two arms...and I can NOT imagine them losing their chance to have a mom and dad...a family....a home...and all that LOVE.
Pray that the God will soften the hearts of the people voting on this decision in Ukraine, and that Ukrainian adoptions stay open...so all of these kids will find their way home.
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