As some of you may know, for the last two years Lenski has stepped away from doing full-time ministry in order to pursue a Masters degree at Grand Rapids Theological Seminary. It’s been a long hard road and the end is in sight. He will be graduating in May with a Masters degree in Intercultural Ministries. We are very excited about what the future holds and he is already pursuing ministry leads that we hope will begin in May or June.
While this is exciting and no doubt will change our lives, it is not the most anticipated event about to happen to us. We have begun the process to adopt a child from Russia. Yes, Lenski’s name will finally make sense. It is because of this new development that we are writing.
Lenski and I have been dreaming of growing our family for a while now. We always knew that adoption would be part of that and now it seems that the time has come to start. In looking at adoption possibilities we were surprised to see how many options there were. After taking some time to pray about it, we feel very certain that Russia is the route we need to take.
Lenski - lenski76@gmail.com / 616-821-2042
Tanya - savedfromwaste@yahoo.com / 616-821-2778
Fees
Due with Formal application - $3,900
30 days after Formal application submission (home study) - $1,685
During home study (pre-adoption education & psychological evaluation) - $230-$2,000
Fingerprinting & USCIS (immigration) - $805
During our dossier preparation (notary / authentication) - $60-$1,200
Upon submission of our dossier - $7,705
Visa's - $1,200-1,500
During our first trip to Russia (we have to take 2-3) - $1,500
Once we've accepted a referral (the referral of a particular child in the orphanage) - $15,570
During our second trip to Russia - $2,050 - $3,910
Travel expenses - unknown at this time but could be around $5,000 and up
YAY! Got a link to this on our blog:) So excited for you and I'm soooo happy you have a blog...I think you will be too so when people want to know what's going on with the process you can always refer them to here! Love the look too!!! Woohoo!
ReplyDeleteI am so excited for you guys. I can't wait to see how God works to bring your child home!
ReplyDeleteThank you both so much for your encouragement! It is so precious to me!
ReplyDeleteTanya