[Kasey]

The countries we investigated were Korea (my cousin was adopted from there), Guatemala (we had friends adopt from there), Russia/Kaz (family member and friend adopted from here), Ukraine (DH's aunt is from Ukraine) and Rep of Georgia (we like the program and that the children were fostered). We made a pro and con list for each choice and ruled a couple out based on things like lenght in country, issues related to the country at the time.
We chose Georgia and it closed just as our dossier was complete, Russia was our second choice and we moved into that program. It was familiar, I liked the two trip idea, Russia is a fascinating country with a fascinating history.
So that is it for us, nothing major, it just worked out the way it did and the way it was supposed to.