About Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan is in central asia. It was once part of the Soviet Union. It is nestled to the south of Russia and northeast of China. The national language is Kazakh but the common language spoken is Russian.
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Saturday, May 9, 2009

Going private

We will make the blog private next Thursday (5/14). Please email me or leave your email in the comments section for an invite.
Thank-you to all for the continued prayers and support you have been providing us. They keep us going.

28 comments:

Stacy said...

I would love to keep following. I am Stacy and we traveled for our Kazakh beauty back in April 2007. Home almost 2 years WOW! If you would like to learn about us we are at www.godslittlegifts.blogspot.com
Stacy
bssegebarth@aol.com

Lori @ Five of My Own said...

I know you said you would send an invite but with all you have to do I thought I would leave an official request here. :) I can't wait to see how it all unfolds. Lori

loriprinty@gmail.com

Amanda said...

I just started reading your blog, and would love an invite, my husband and I have just completed our dossier and would love to follow your journey at this time we do not have a blog.

Our email address is dvigale@optonline.net
Good luck our thoughts and prayers are with you.

Amanda.

Vonda Kaye said...

Hi Kari,
I will send you an email also (you already have my address) as a reminder for an invite. We hopefully will be right behind you!!

kitzkazventure said...

Would love to follow your journey! My good friend Karen got her sweet Max from Ust and I also know Vonda above thru my sister. We adopted our son from the Karaganda region in 07. Our blog is http://kitzkazventure.blogspot.com/
So excited more Kaz cousins are meeting their forever families! :)
Email is hensleykhensley(at)aim (dot)com. Thanks, Karen :)

Joby and Marla said...

I would love an invite!!!

Marla
obxcowgirl@earthlink.net

rightbrainedamoeba said...

jamandabooty@gmail.com ~Amanda

Kristen said...

I would love to continue to follow your journey!

kristen_msn@yahoo.com

Thanks!

Kim said...

Hi Kari-congrats on receiving your LOI to Ust! Of course I would still love to follow along. Sorry I missed a few days.

Kimmertek@aol.com

Dean and Janie said...

Hi, My name is Janie and I have been following your journey. I would love to continue as you progress to get your sweet little one. So Happy for You!
Blessings!
deanjanie@aol.com

VonneBarnett said...

Please include us in your blog posts. VonneBarnett@mac.com We hope to go to Kaz in September for our adoption journey.

Kris said...

Kari,

Please send us an invite. We are also with AA and our dossier has been at the embassy a little over two weeks. Hopefully, we will be following you soon. We are also going to Ust Kamenogorsk.

Kris Wolverton
Ceresco, MI
blisters62@aol.com

Rayna said...

i would love an invite!!

rayna.eyerman@verizon.net

we are also adopting from kaz and would love to follow your story!
www.growingupeyerman.blogspot.com

rayna

Jennifer said...

I would love to keep following on your journey! We were in Kaz back in 2007- it seems like just a few months ago!

Best,
Jennifer
www.ConvergentPaths.com
munchkinquest@gmail.com

Anonymous said...

Include ME!! Can you believe it??
I just left you a message; but if you need help doing some running, I am willing.

Heidi
heidibig@gmail.com

Becki Stone said...

I would love to keep following your journey!! :)
beckistone@ncwcom.com
I'm so excited for you!

qmiller said...

I would love an invite to follow along on your journey. I still get so much pleasure watching others being united with their new family members.
Quaintance
mom to my 5-1/2 year old KazCutie
qmiller@umich.edu

Lou Ann said...

Please invite Lexie my almost 3 year old Kazakh Kutie and I to follow along. I love going back to Kaz through other traveling families.

Safe travels!
Lou Ann & Lexie too

Lou Ann said...

Opps I forgot to put my email address: louannquast@yahoo.com and my blog is www.louannsadoption.blogspot.com

Thanks again.

Karen, Glenn, Allie, Max, and Sam said...

Hi there,

You know we want to follow along! :-) We are so excited for you!

golfercincinnati@yahoo.com

Karen, Glenn & Max.

Our Family of Bloggers said...

Yes, please! We'd love to follow along. We were in Kaz in 2007, but are now with Adoption Ark for round 2 and would love to follow along on your journey in Kaz.
We can't wait to see what happens next for you guys!

saratennen@yahoo.com
http://thetennenfamily.blogspot.com

Michelle said...

Oh, please include me. Tmnewman@charter.net

The Gobble's (Lanetta) said...

PLEASE include us... we want to keep following your story...

lanettagobble@yahoo.com

Jeffery and Mollie said...

We would very much like to follow your journey to Ust! We are anxiously awaiting travel ourselves (started in Ust, but now in another region).
Good luck!
molpugh2@bresnan.net

Pam said...

I would definitely love to follow along!

Pam (and Nicholas, b.7/10/05 Ust Kam, a. 4/12/06)

pgcalegge(at)aol(dot)com

Michelle said...

I gave you the wrong email address, duh! It's tmnewman@chartermi.net

Thanks!

pamt said...

My husband and I have been assigned to Ust. I would love to follow your journey while you are traveling. My email address is pamt0501@yahoo.com. We are hoping to adopt a baby boy. Our agency said we should be traveling mid summer. You could possibly see our child while you are there. Thank you Pam Raspante

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Timeline to Kazakhstan

  • July 28, 2009: Gotcha Day
  • June 17, 2009: Court in Ust-K
  • May 21, 2009: left for Ust-Kamenogorsk
  • May 7, 2009: received LOI and region assignment to Ust-Kamenogorsk
  • March 12, 2009: dossier approved and sent to Kazakhstan
  • Feb. 26 2009: dossier sent to Kazakhstans DC embassy
  • Jan. 23 2009: updated documents apostilled and fed-ex'd to AA
  • Jan. 20 2009: received FBI clearance
  • Jan. 7 2009: Re-did the Re-do of the FBI fingerprinting (Kari) and sent for clearance
  • Dec. 19 2008: Re-did FBI fingerprinting and sent for clearance
  • July 11: Dossier authenticated and Fed-ex'd to Adoption Ark.
  • June 21: received I-171h
  • April 19- received fingerprinting notice in the mail
  • Feb. 13 went to Sherrif dept- got black fingers (fingerprinting) for FBI clearance
  • Feb. 8: received dossier packet via email from AA (Adoption Ark)
  • February 6: mailed contract and initial paperwork
  • 2008