Praise the Lord! We have a new little boy! After some nerve racking questions in the judge's chambers (court), the judge and jury decided that Dave and I could adopt little Dima. You cannot imagine the relief we felt when we heard those words! As part of the court decree, we were allowed to change his name and will be able to get a new birth certificate with his new name and with our names listed as parents. We have decided to name him William Dmitri Steyn. For now, his nickname will still be Dima. It will be hard to call him anything else! After looking through some name books, we decided on the name William for several reasons. The main reason we decided on the name was that we had been praying for God's will this whole time, and when we found out that we were going to get him, we decided that he is God's "Will". When we met him, we felt that the name really fit him too. He is definitely our little angel, and we cannot wait to be able to take him home and have him meet the boys! Our house is definitely going to be wild! By the way, I think we must have forgotten to mention, but his birthdate is March 18, 2006. Now all we have to do is wait the manditory 10 days for the court decision to be final. After that period is over, we will be able to go get his new birth certificate and then take him to the apartment with us as we wait for his passport. When we get his passport, we can then take him back to Kiev for the final medical exam and the visa to go home. This whole process we hear can take about 1-2 weeks. We are guessing that we will be able to travel home around the first week in September. Please continue to pray for safety and a quick end to this process. We love and miss you all!
Love, Candace and Dave and Dima Steyn!
Here is a picture of little Dima and proud Momma!
11 comments:
Yeah! We are so excited for you and we are so thankful God is SO GOOD! William is a great name, and suits little Dima perfectly. We are counting the days until you get home. His birthdate is close to Caleb's (Dima is 3 months and 5 days older) and I am sure they will be the best of friends. Be safe and give each other a hug from us!
Brooke, Anthony, and Caleb
Oh Candace! My heart leaps for you! I am praying that you will be home embracing your other 2 boys before September 1st!!
Congratulations! He is a cutie!
We adopted our daughter from Odessa Baby House number three in March 2006, it was a wonderful orphanage.
Congrats!
We are so happy for you guys and can't wait to meet our new nephew/cousin!
Congrats to you guys - he is precious! I have to admit that I'm a bit partial to that name - our son, from Ukraine, is also William! Praying that you 10 day wait goes by quickly. Your sweet boy will soon be in your arms forever!!
congratulations - I love that look on his face!! and yours!! I have goosebumps.
How precious!!!
Congratulations!! We can't wait to meet Dima. He's so cute. We pray for a quick and smooth journey to finish the adoption and we can't wait until you get back.
God Bless,
Debbie & Mike
The court decision is wonderful news and your 10 day wait will be over before you know it. Then you will have the joy of having your whole family together again. Congratulations and we can't wait to meet your new little guy!
Love you ~
Teri & Dave
Congratulations! The wait time will pass quickly and soon you will be coming home as a new family! God Bless!
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