I am still numb, but processing it all. I still find myself checking for news. That, I guess, will take a while too.
I assure you that had the ban not taken affect, we would still be on the journey. Each family has there own reasons for staying the course or changing directions. Each circumstance is different. We just feel that God is not leading us to fight Putin, the Dumas, and European court at this time. We feel that we can better serve, by serving other adopting families at this time.
I just wanted to take a moment to thank all of you that have supported us along the way. We love and appreciate you all. Thank you to those with kind words of encouragement now. It is incredibly hard. It will take time. Thank you for grace.
Christopher and Laura
Bless you in this time. Prayers for your family and also Ivan.
ReplyDeleteI am so sorry. My heart breaks with you. I was skipping your blog for a while but saw Ivan posted just now under newly listed and knew something must have happened. My sister is struggling to make her decision. She was not even committed to her child yet but has a deep love and desire and still holds out hope for adopting Tobias from RR. He is blind with other special needs as well. Good luck on your journey and hopefully your path crossing with Ivan was the motivation someone needed to snatch him up. I lost my first referral...prior to meeting the child and then only got my referall for my amazing son, home from Russian in December 2009, because another family passed after meeting him. Initially I skipped him in the waiting child listing then when I lost my referal I was so upset at missing out on this wonderful boy and then I got a second chance!
ReplyDeleteYwilbur - oh my goodness, I can't tell you how happy it makes me to see that someone else is paying attention to Tobias on RR. I thought I was the only one to notice him. He's one that really got my heart. I'm not in a position to adopt but pray for this little guy to get a wonderful family soon. There is just something about him that is truly special. I hope your sister is able to realize her dream of becoming his Mama!
DeleteI pray that the ban does lift and someone does come for him. I pray his birth parents are touched and come for him. The reality of the ban is heartbreaking. I truly pray for those in process, but for us, we just felt it was not going to happen and it was time to step back and help others in another way. We have a fundraiser planned for a local family at the end of the month. We are painting nesting dolls in honor of these orphans and donating the money to a wonderful church family that we know.
ReplyDeleteI am so sorry for your family & this heartbreaking loss, but certainly understand. What a difficult decision to have to make. It is encouraging at least to see so many Russians protesting the ban. Hopefully this will impact the decision makers & soon. Keeping you, your family & Ivan in my prayers!
ReplyDeleteWasn't there someone else interested in him when you first announced on RR? I pray he finds his momma soon! So many being left behind :-(
ReplyDeleteThere were a few inquiring about him, but no one was able to commit to him, so we did. Before committing to him, we asked anyone interested in him to please step forward and we would help raise their funds. IF the ban is lifted, though we would not restart the process, there is a wonderful woman that asked about him yesterday that I previously spoke to. She may make that decision. I am praying one day someone can adopt him. I am praying his birth parents come forward since they are legally able to, now.
DeleteI'm curious as to why your previous posts are not showing up.
ReplyDeleteWhen all of this ban mess started many were advised to make their blogs private. I hid my posts regarding details that might cause problems. I continue to keep previous posts private so that it does not cause problems for others. I am also dealing with my own grief and prefer to keep the entries private, at least for now.
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