Traveling Families
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In the past couple months staff in Russia and our branch offices have been busy as several Bethany families have prepared for travel. In August three families traveled to bring home their children. Two of the children were boys under the age of three and one was a little girl joining her siblings who had been adopted more than a year ago. Also in August a family traveled to meet their 7 year old son. In September, two families came home with their young sons, one family traveled to visit their 9 year old daughter and three families traveled to identify younger boys. Three more families had court dates and will bring their children home in October. Four more families will make a first trip in October to visit children and another family will bring home their 2 older daughters who they first visited in May of this year. Our hope is that several of these waiting children will be home before the end of 2008.
Looking forward to next year, Bethany can do home studies for several more families for Russia. We would encourage families to be open to boys and to children who are older. This is where there is need. If a family is open to an older toddler or school age boy the wait could be as short at 3-4 months for a referral. The wait for young girls continues to grow as more and more Russian families adopt and fewer girls are available for international adoption. Families could wait up to 18 months for a female referral.
Judy Dalrymple
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In the past couple months staff in Russia and our branch offices have been busy as several Bethany families have prepared for travel. In August three families traveled to bring home their children. Two of the children were boys under the age of three and one was a little girl joining her siblings who had been adopted more than a year ago. Also in August a family traveled to meet their 7 year old son. In September, two families came home with their young sons, one family traveled to visit their 9 year old daughter and three families traveled to identify younger boys. Three more families had court dates and will bring their children home in October. Four more families will make a first trip in October to visit children and another family will bring home their 2 older daughters who they first visited in May of this year. Our hope is that several of these waiting children will be home before the end of 2008.
Looking forward to next year, Bethany can do home studies for several more families for Russia. We would encourage families to be open to boys and to children who are older. This is where there is need. If a family is open to an older toddler or school age boy the wait could be as short at 3-4 months for a referral. The wait for young girls continues to grow as more and more Russian families adopt and fewer girls are available for international adoption. Families could wait up to 18 months for a female referral.
Judy Dalrymple
