Stahlke Adoption

Letter from the NAC Came Today

A letter from the National Adoption Center (NAC) arrived at our home today. Jonathan noticed it because of the airmail stripes on the edges of the envelope. We were doing yardwork, which came to a halt immediately! The letter is in Ukrainian and English, and says that our dossier was registered on June 15 and postmarked on June 21 (Mom and Dad Benson's anniversary). They mention that appointments at the NAC are full through the first half of 2005, but that we should write to them with our requested time in the second half of 2005 or in 2006. That sounds like July 1 is the starting date! We telephoned Darlene Lundy, our social worker in Connecticut, for further information. She had us fax the letter to her, and she will fax it to Maria in Kiev for her advice. Suddenly it feels like our trip has moved up to a earlier date, although we don't know yet what that date is. The other great news is that the NAC did not request that we redo any of our paperwork, which we hear is quite common for many applications. We're going out tonight to celebrate!

posted by Stahlkes @ 5:28 PM