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Hello all family and friends!

With great excitement, we started our adoption journey in August 2008. We are now first time parents through adoption of an 8-year-old son from Thailand. We have chosen to build our family through the adoption of a son from Thailand because this is where we feel God is leading us right now.

It took 1 year and 9 months to bring Ray home and it was totally worth it!

We appreciate all of your love and support. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!
Ann & Bryan

Thursday, July 31, 2008

Bulgaria Option

It's been recommended to me by some chat groups and social workers to check out the Bulgaria program since its just reopened and would have lots of children in the age range we're looking for available. I've contacted Holt, Carolina Adoption Services, and Americans for International Aid and Adoption. Holt gave me lots of info but ultimately said we would not qualify. I was very unhappy with this news. CAS said we would still be eligible if we have a letter indicating our ability to parent. I never heard anything from AIAA. So...because its "iffy" we may go back to the original option of Thailand.

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Why are we adopting internationally and not domestically?
While we think adopting domestically is extremely important, our hearts are drawn to the waiting children in other countries. Some of our closest friends and relatives have adopted, are adopted themselves, or are planning to adopt internationally. This has been a wonderful experience for them, as I am confident our adoption will be for us.

Why are we adopting from Thailand?
The number one reason is simply...that's where our son is living right now. Also, the Thai people are extremely laid back and friendly and the adoption process is very straight forward in Thailand and has been around for decades so there should be no surprises or corruption. After researching our other options, the requirements to adopt from Thailand fit our requirements. If we decide to adopt again, we will reevaluate the different countries and domestic programs.