1st Day, 2nd Trip!!!

It's been a little while! Sorry!

The 2nd trip is here! Yay!!!

We arrived in Kaliningrad yesterday! After a night of sleep, we were picked up at 10:00 this morning and headed to the orphanage to see Alexandra!

We were able to play with her for approx. an hour! She was shy at first (as expected) and warmed right up by the time we had to leave (it was her nap time)!

I would have to say that today was a GREAT day!!!

THANKS for your prayers, good thoughts, and well-wishes!

More to come...

Love,
Keith and Jennifer

2nd Trip!

It's official!

We are leaving for our 2nd trip to Kaliningrad in the evening on November 23rd!

Our court date is Monday, November 30th!

We will be back home December 1st!

If all goes as planned, we will head back in Kaliningrad on December 14th and arrive home with Alexandra Kalin Kneiding on December 19th!!!

Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers during the rest of this journey!!!

Love,

Keith and Jennifer

Day #3

GREAT Day today!

Our little one is AWESOME! Things seem to click very well!

She's shy, has a sweet smile, and has a beautiful light within in her eyes!

We've really enjoyed watching her interact with her caregivers. They genuinely love her and she loves them!

Our regional representative, Tatiana, and her team have been fantastic! Kaliningrad is beautiful, the people are friendly, and we look forward to our return for our court date in late November!

THANKS for your continued prayers, support, & encouragement!!! We are tremendously thankful!!!

Love, Keith and Jennifer

1st Visit!!!

Well, it took us almost 24 hours to get from Michigan to Kaliningrad!

After a brief meeting this morning with the Minister of Education and a 2 hour car ride to the orphanage, Jennifer and I finally got meet her!

She is super cute and she has a tremendous personality!

Kaliningrad and our hosts here have been way above our expectations!

The total experience has been fantastic thus far!!!

Love,
Keith and Jennifer

GREAT News!

We know it's been awhile!

After receiving a long-anticipated phone call this week, Jennifer and I will be heading to Kaliningrad, Russia to meet a 20-month old little girl!!!

We are extremely excited, nervous, overwhelmed, & thankful all rolled into one!

We would like to THANK everybody for all of their prayers, support, well wishes, and kind words! We're grateful for our tremendous support network of friends and family!!!

More to come after our 1st trip!

Love,
Keith & Jennifer

Kaliningrad!!!

Hello,

Great News! We have been registered to the region of Kaliningrad in Russia!

Our agency operates in a couple different ways. So we could end up getting a referral from a different region within Russia if they find a child that meets our specifications.

This does mean that we are "officially" waiting in Kaliningrad!

Interesting facts about Kaliningrad:

• Kaliningrad is located on the southern end of the Baltic Sea between Lithuania and Poland.
• Kaliningrad used to a territory of Germany up until after WWII
  

We still estimate our first travel date to happen in the fall, but things are seeming more "real".

This is very exciting!

THANKS for your prayers and support!

Love,
The Kneidings

March 4, 2009

Hey All,

It's been awhile...again. Sorry!

There is really nothing new to report at this time (other than the blog background change).

Things continue to slowly progress and the adoption journey continues...

Please continue to pray for all families that have made a commitment to adopt children. The adoption journey can be a long, bumpy ride with many roadblocks along the way. Please pray that all families remain strong and faithful throughout each individual journey.

Also, please pray for the children that are in an adoptive situation. These kids need love in more ways than any of us could ever imagine.

THANKS for your prayers and THANKS for reading!

Love,
The Kneidings