KAZAKHSTAN PROGRAM UPDATES
We are grateful for each and every
one of our Kazakhstan adopting families. Happy New Year!
In January, three families have
arrived home with their children from Kazakhstan after
completing their child?s adoption on their second trip to the
country ? congratulations! These families were able to
experience Kazakhstan?s celebration of the New Year?s holiday.
Adopting from Kazakhstan requires
two trips to complete a successful adoption. During the first
trip families spend approximately three to four weeks bonding
with their child, before returning on a second trip to finalize
the adoption in court. The first trip can lengthen if there is a
change in the region of adoption or a delay in the setting of a
court date for the second trip.
Children?s Hope is currently working
in ten orphanages and baby homes in Kazakhstan, with the
intention to work in more regions. Our current waiting time from
adoption paperwork submission to Kazakhstan to the time of the
family?s referral is 12 months for a referral of a boy and up to
15 months for a girl.
CHI Staff To Visit Kazakhstan and
Russia: Program Director Karen Carnesciali is currently
traveling in Kazakhstan and Russia. While in Kazakhstan, Karen
will meet with Kazakhstan officials, orphanage and baby home
directors and doctors, and US Embassy personnel.
While visiting their daughter during
their first trip to Kazakhstan, parents Michelle and Randall
Nett began to bond with young Tatyana. ?I think we were about 5
or 6 days into our visitations and this was the first time that
Tatyana expressed any kind of happiness to see my husband and
myself,? says Michelle, remembering. ?I was showering her with
kisses, because we were, of course, so happy to see her.?
Home in Idaho for over a year,
Tatyana is doing great. ?She is such a joy. It is wonderful to
watch her personality shine through - she is determined, strong
willed and generally very happy.? The Netts adopted Tatyana in
October 2006.
If you would like to share your
thoughts, experiences or stories about your adoption, email:
Jennifer Newcomb at
Jennifer.Newcomb@ChildrensHope.net
We would love to post your family
pictures.
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