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Hi Sarah and Elena -
How we did the adoption - Divine Intervention I guess....and the power of prayer (you would not believe the number of churches with on their prayer list) brought us home.
The boys birthmother contacted us from our website 2 months before they were born - the rest is really a blur, but I found out it was 1) legal and 2) possible, then started talking to agencie in the U.S. - who of course, only work with orphanages. They were however able to refer me to a social worker in S.A. who was able to help us. I'm not sure it really hit me until I was on the plane in Atlanta - turns out I was sitting next the the Uncle or neighbor (I don't remember exactly) of a woman I had met on another adoption board (also looking to adoption)! The world just gets smaller!
We finalized a South African adoption, then came home. Neither we or their birthmother wanted them in foster care, so I had to commit to a minimum of 2 months there (in S.A. birthparents have 60 days to revoke consent) and due to unforeseen complications (birthfather related) wound up being there 4 months and 1 week. The city they were born in only does about 10 adoptions a year (private)...
We are still in touch with their BirthMom on a regular basis and will have contact with the Birthfather through the social worker - we hope to go back for a visit when the boys are around 12 ..but it will be an expensive trip - I now know LOTS OF STUFF I want to do and see!!!!!!!
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