Hi Everyone!
So we have some big news! We finally got a date to meet with the Ukrainian authorities, October 28th. This means we are leaving Sunday October 24th from Lax to London. It is really an anniversary trip for Megan and I since 6 years to the day we would have been on a plane going on our honeymoon! We arrive in London at 2:00 in the afternoon Monday, and then head out the following day Tuesday the 26th for Kiev. We should arrive in Kiev around 3:00pm on the 26th. Then on Thursday we meet with the SDA (children services) and they tell us go ahead and meet the boys. Some more good news we heard was that the authorities have already attached our file to our boys, which mean we are VERY VERY likely to have our petition approved. After Kiev we head to the city of Zhovti Vody were the boys orphanage is located. Hopefully we can leave the 28th so that way we can meet the boys on Friday and the paperwork to adopt them can start. Otherwise we will get to spend the weekend with them, and the paperwork will get started in Kiev(we stay in Zhovti Vody this whole time) on Monday November 1st. After that there is a lot of hurry up and wait. We will wait for approval from Kiev, then set our court date. With any luck we can get a quick court date, and at the hearing the Judge will take favor on us and waive the typical 10 day waiting period. If not we play with the boys, and the kids at the orphanage. After the court and waiting period we make appointments with the medics in Kiev and the US embassy. We get new birth certificates with the boys new names, a medical done, and US visa approval/finalization of the adoption paperwork. With that we fly back home. Again we will have a stay over in London. Right now we are scheduled to fly back on December 2nd, and arrive home December 3rd at 3:00 PM, that would be the older boy Ezekiel's birthday!
We obviously need lots of prayers, so please keep us and our family in your prayers. Please pray for safety in our trip, enjoyment in everything that happens, and lots of patience. Please pray for the boys, because they of course still need to say yes we want the Terans to adopt us. Pray for the kids that are not being adopted that they can find a home. Also thank God for how he has blessed us and for all the amazing things He has done to make this happen.
Love,
Stephan, Megan Isabella Maggie and VERY SOON Ezekiel and Nathaniel.
