Visit our website! The importance of connection Throughout adoption, connection is a big theme.  This includes the research phase of your journey. It is important that you feel comfortable picking up the phone or zipping off an email at any time to your program coordinator, and knowing you'll receive a prompt, honest answer to your questions as you make decisions.   Our Getting Started teleconference on January 27th, 2015 at 7:30pm CST is a chance to connect with agency staff, adoptive parents who have been through the process, and learn about LMI's programs.   Receive Dial-In Information at:  info@littlemiracles.org

Petra joins her family The importance of expectation  We will hold your hand through each step of your adoption, with regular communication and individual calls.   You'll participate in education tailored to your family helping you prepare: Sibling preparation, meeting your child, older child adoption, travel, transition, and more.  We enjoy an active commitment between our families and our team to join hands  with one another and we are joyful with the understanding that there is light at the end of the tunnel!

Do you ever feel like there is no light at the end of the adoption tunnel?    After three years of waiting, a bright light came into this family's life.   

Nick arrived the weekend of Halloween, and was joyfully inaugurated as an American kid!   His big brother, Alec (the pirate, adopted from Kazakhstan in 2007) dressed him up, and taught him the fine art of candy collecting. 

The adoption process in Bulgaria is very simple.  It's a Hague country, and the central Ministry of Justice accepts paperwork and matches children.   They focus primarily on special needs and school-aged child placement, and work with accredited agencies worldwide.  The tough part of this program?   The LOOOOOOOOOOOOONG wait for a younger child with minimal to no special needs.  

An adoption trip to Bulgaria is short and sweet- the attorneys are with you all the way, the trip is 5 days.    You return home while court occurs, and return several months later for another 5 days to bring your child home. 

One of the best parts of being an adoption coordinator is checking in with families after they return home.   I cannot tell you the joy of hearing the children chatter in the background.    Nick was talking with the family dog while I was on the phone with his Mom :).  

 

Happy New Year! I hope 2010 treated you well and that 2011 will be even better. If you are still planning on starting an adoption we have a great teleconference coming up on January 11 at 7:30 p.m. Central time. Adoption research is overwhelming! Join LMI's Andrea Jacobs as she discusses the criteria impacting your adoption decisions: current overall timelines, time spent in-country, ages of children available, ethnicity, referral method, etc. The goal is to find the right adoption program and, ultimately, your child. There will be a question and answer question following the teleconference, too.

What:  Why Bulgaria?  Bulgaria Adoption Information Teleconference
Date:  Thursday, September 9, 2010 
Time:  7:30-8:30 PM CDT
Where:  Little Miracles Adoption Teleconference Line