Hurry Up and Wait

December 17-22, 2016

Rodger has said Hurry Up and Wait sums up our adoption journey and I was sitting in a hallway waiting when I began this post...

Last Tuesday, we applied for an Internal Passport for our son which he needs because he's 18.  We waited impatiently for this passport as it was needed before we could proceed.  Wednesday passed, then Thursday, and Friday.... Saturday - it was ready:)

On Saturday, we had our second farewell for our son at the House of Hope.  We have grown to appreciate the house parents and all they do to prepare these orphanage graduates on so many levels for the future.  A sense of what family it means to be part of a family and introducing them to the Lord are just two of the social, emotional, spiritual, and physical areas they build on.

Yesterday we applied for new identification numbers (similar to our Social Insurance Number) and for their Ukrainian International Passports.   Today some of this paperwork had to be finalized and signed.  There were also Adoptee Citizenship Applications that were completed for Canadian citizenship:)  Thankfully, for us, Christmas is not celebrated until January 7th so we are hoping that these passports will be ready by the end of this week so we can travel to Kiev on the weekend for the last steps at the Canadian Embassy.

At times it is really difficult not to become discouraged as the process seems to drag on much longer than we would like.  We never expected to be spending Christmas here in Ukraine but that is what will be happening.  We are now thinking/hoping that we will be in Winnipeg and then we can celebrate Ukrainian Christmas as a new family of 6 Faber.

Praying that you will all have a blessed Christmas.
Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers.