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Families in the Adoption Process M-Z
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adoption experiences. The directory is organized by adoption status (ie, in process or completed) and alphabetically
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Families in the Adoption Process (M-Z)
- Marquette, Pamela
- McBride, Patty and Tim
- McCarron, Dawn & Rich
- McMahon, Ashley and Edward
- McRoberts, Jewel and Claude
- Micheline, Chel and Tom
- Miller, Cindy
- Mitzel, Shane and Diana
- Montes, Melissa and Alejandro
- Morrow, Jeff and Tracy
- M., Anne and Michael
- M., Kim & Matt
- M. Erwin & Mary
- M., Lynne
- M., Helen and Patrick
- Newill, Troy and Tonya
- Newsome, John and Anne
- Nie, Gale and Kelly Nie
- Nunez, Carson and Fran
- O, Ryan and Heather
- O'Reilly, Shawna
- Provo, Jolly and Neil
- Rankey, Matt and Ali Rankey
- Raschke, Cathie and Joe
- Reeder, Suzanne
- Reinertsen Kathy and Ed
- Ronald, Christine and Jeff
- Roser, Doug and Lisa
- Rossi, Mike and Gina
- Rupich, Lyn & Glenn
- R., Mike and Meg
- Schoff, Matt and Kimberly
- Schuiteman, Dale & Camie
- Segal, Meredith and Brad
- Stoll, Ed and Jenna
- Stolz, Judy
- St. John, Stephen and Jennifer
- Stickley, Cris and Emilie
- S., Jesse and Ken
- Thompson, Margaret
- Wagner, Matt & Karen
- Winfrey, Anne and Grant
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| Family |
Pamela Marquette |
| Child |
girl |
| Birthdate |
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| Currently living in |
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| Adoption agency |
La Vida Int'l Adoption Agency, ACS |
| Hope to travel |
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| Special comments |
Waiting for MOU and referral. (2/03) |
| Family |
Tim and
Patty McBride |
| Child |
Jacob Edward Le Minh McBride |
| Birthdate |
May 17th, 2006 |
| Currently living in |
Picasso Orphanage in HCMC |
| Adoption agency |
Children s Hope International |
| Hope to travel |
Probably be in 2-4 months |
| Special comments |
See Jacob's adorable photos on his page
in the FCV Photo Gallery. The McBride's live in Fort Worth, Texas. 7-06 |
| Family |
Dawn and Rich McCarron |
| Child |
We are requesting an infant girl as young as possible with a twin or sibling
under the age of two if available |
| Birthdate |
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| Currently living in |
Our child/children will come from an orphanage in northern Vietnam. |
| Adoption agency |
A Better World adoption agency in West Hartford Connecticut |
| Hope to travel |
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| Special comments |
Rich and I have a biological son who is nine. We are waiting for our I171-H.
This is the last form we need, and then our dossier will be ready to go
for authentication. Our agency has had approval for adoptions from Vietnam
for several months. Our child/children will come from an orphanage in northern
Vietnam. We look forward to hearing from other families that are either
in the process or have already traveled. |
| Family |
Ashley and Edward McMahon |
| Child |
Adopting a female as young as possible. Nickname "Sweetpea"
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| Birthdate |
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| Currently living in |
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| Adoption agency |
VORF |
| Hope to travel |
We hope to travel by the end of 2006 |
| Special comments |
We are thinking of adopting a 2nd child. We are waiting on our 171H. 7-06 |
| Family |
Jewel and Claude McRoberts
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| Child |
We are requesting 2 baby girls, Eden and Jordan |
| Birthdate |
Expect a referral in the next 6 weeks |
| Currently living in |
Expect a referral in the next 6 weeks |
| Adoption agency |
World Child International |
| Hope to travel |
August/September 2007 |
| Special comments |
We have been in the long wait for China, but just decided this week to
explore other options and Vietnam jumped out at us. So we are withdrawing
from China and looking forward to having Eden and Jordan home with us in
a few months. Our boys Noah (4 yrs) and Malachi (2 yrs) can t wait for their
baby sisters to come home!
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| Family |
Chel and Tom Micheline |
| Child |
(Grace) Quynh Suong |
| Birthdate |
October, 2005 |
| Currently living in |
Da Nang |
| Adoption agency |
VORF |
| Hope to travel |
We are waiting anxiously to for travelpermission! |
| Special comments |
http://vietnambaby.blogspot.com (4/06) |
| Family |
Cindy Miller |
| Child |
Brendan Charles Thinh Thao Miller |
| Birthdate |
January 2006 |
| Currently living in |
Soc Trang |
| Adoption agency |
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| Hope to travel |
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| Special comments |
Brendan's photo is in the FCV Gallery.
His sister, Mary's photo is also in the FCV
Photo Gallery. 7-06 |
| Family |
Shane and Diana Mitzel |
| Child |
Male ages 12 months to 3 years |
| Birthdate |
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| Currently living in |
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| Adoption agency |
All God's Children |
| Hope to travel |
Fall 2006 |
| Special comments |
Dossier registered at IAD. Waiting referral. Have 3 biological children
ages 19, 15, and 6. |
| Family |
Melissa and Alejandro Montes |
| Child |
Requested a healthy girl. |
| Birthdate |
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| Currently living in |
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| Adoption agency |
Carolina Adoption Services |
| Hope to travel |
After submitting it to the agency, we should receive a referral in 1-5
months. |
| Special comments |
We live in Atlanta and have no other children. Right now the dossier is
completely authenticated with the exception of the 171H which should arrive
sometime soon. We are very excited and would love to be in contact with
other families and to find a support group in our area. |
| Family |
Jeff and Tracy Morrow |
| Child |
infant girl |
| Birthdate |
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| Currently living in |
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| Adoption agency |
IAAP |
| Hope to travel |
First of 2007. 7-06 |
| Special comments |
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| Family |
Anne and Michael. M. |
| Child |
We asked for a child, boy or girl from 0 to twelve months old |
| Birthdate |
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| Currently living in |
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| Adoption agency |
We are with International Family services but will be traveling with Crossroads
and going through Hanoi |
| Hope to travel |
Dossier is being translated. Hopefully will travel by the end of 2007 |
| Special comments |
Would love to talk to people at a similar point in the process. This will
be our first child. We live in Phoenix, Arizona. |
| Family |
Kim & Matt M. |
| Child |
requesting a girl, one-year or under |
| Birthdate |
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| Currently living in |
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| Adoption agency |
considering World Child International |
| Hope to travel |
2007 |
| Special comments |
We have finished our homestudy and been CIIS fingerprinted (Feb. 2007).
We're trying to make up our minds about the child placement agency, and
would love to hear from anyone who has used World Child International. We
live in Santa Cruz, California and are hoping to make connections with other
families adopting from Vietnam. |
| Family |
Erwin & Mary M. |
| Child |
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| Birthdate |
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| Currently living in |
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| Adoption agency |
Carolina Adoption Services/ABC Adoption Services |
| Hope to travel |
Possibly mid-2008 |
| Special comments |
My husband and I are very excited to be parents! |
| Family |
Lynne M. |
| Child |
Requesting an infant boy. |
| Birthdate |
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| Currently living in |
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| Adoption agency |
Faith International (Tacoma WA) |
| Hope to travel |
Hoping to travel in the fall, but its looking like it might be in 2008.
DTV - 10/23/07 |
| Special comments |
Blog - http://journeytotheson.blogspot.com/ |
| Family |
Helen and
Patrick M. |
| Child |
Requesting a boy 4 months old |
| Birthdate |
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| Currently living in |
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| Adoption agency |
Lifelink / Carolina Adoption Services |
| Hope to travel |
Early 2008 |
| Special comments |
This will be our second adoption. The first brought us a beautiful
little boy from Korea. We are very excited about gearing up for our second
child |
| Family |
John and Anne Newsome |
| Child |
We are not requesting specifically a girl or boy. Emma Elizabeth will
be the child's name if we get a girl, John Nicholas if we get a boy. |
| Birthdate |
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| Currently living in |
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| Adoption agency |
Holt International. |
| Hope to travel |
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| Special comments |
We are not sure of anything else at this point, but would love to speak
with others, particularly who have adopted through Holt. |
| Family |
Troy and Tonya Newill |
| Child |
One infant boy, One infant girl (Josiah and Jayleigh) |
| Birthdate |
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| Currently living in |
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| Adoption agency |
Michele L. Jackson, Adoption Attorney Agency= Flordia Home Studies, INC. |
| Hope to travel |
July-September 2007 |
| Special comments |
We have just accepted our referral for a 4 month old boy and a 4 month
old girl in an orphange in Hanoi. These will be our first children. Feel
free to share with us at www.newilljourneyofjoy.com
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| Family |
Gale and Kelly Nie |
| Child |
We are requesting a female infant, twin girls or girl/boy twins. |
| Birthdate |
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| Currently living in |
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| Adoption agency |
Children's Hope International |
| Hope to travel |
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| Special comments |
We have a biological son who is 8-years-old. He is excited about our plans
to adopt. |
| Family |
Carson and Fran Nunez |
| Child |
Mya Joy MyNgoc |
| Birthdate |
09/29/00 2 years old |
| Currently living in |
HCMC |
| Adoption agency |
Worldchild |
| Hope to travel |
travel back to Vietnam on Feb.14,2003 |
| Special comments |
3 boys ages 21,18,and 16 (2/03) |
| Family |
Ryan and Heather O |
| Child |
Nguyen Hanh |
| Birthdate |
6months old |
| Currently living in |
Ho Chi Minh City |
| Adoption agency |
All God's Children International |
| Hope to travel |
Hopefully travel between December and February (Referral Aug. 17 2007
) |
| Special comments |
We would love to be in contact with anyone who lives in or near Minnesota
who has adopted or is in the process of adopting from Vietnam. |
| Family |
Shawna O'Reilly
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| Child |
Requested a girl under 18 months |
| Birthdate |
Birth date not known yet |
| Currently living in |
Northern Vietnam |
| Adoption agency |
Crossroads Adoption Services |
| Hope to travel |
Sometime in 2007 |
| Special comments |
Currently waiting for I171H to complete dossier!!! |
| Family |
Jolly and Neil Provo |
| Child |
We will adopt Fredrick John Danh Provo. This is our first child. |
| Birthdate |
Jan.21 2006 |
| Currently living in |
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| Adoption agency |
Children s Hope International |
| Hope to travel |
Summer 2006 |
| Special comments |
Fredrick's photo is in the FCV Gallery.
4/06 |
| Family |
Matt and Ali Rankey |
| Child |
Vo Ngoc Diem |
| Birthdate |
12/22/2004 |
| Currently living in |
Ho Chi Minh City |
| Adoption agency |
Children's Hope International |
| Hope to travel |
Waiting for a travel date...Hopefully July/August 2007 |
| Special comments |
We have a four year old biological daughter named Julia. She is so excited
about becoming a big sister. |
| Family |
Cathy and Joe Raschke
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| Child |
Nicholas Dan Raschke |
| Birthdate |
7/20/2005 |
| Currently living in |
Vinh Long |
| Adoption agency |
Children's Hope International |
| Hope to travel |
July or August 2006 |
| Special comments |
Nicholas is in the FCV Photo Gallery.
We live in a suburb of Chicago (Oak Park) and would love to hear from others
in the process of adopting from the Chicago area. |
| Family |
Susie Reeder |
| Child |
Ella Phuong-Thao, Female |
| Birthdate |
12/23/04 |
| Currently living in |
Ninh Thuan Province |
| Adoption agency |
Dillon International |
| Hope to travel |
hope to travel 1st week of September |
| Special comments |
She will be my second child. Ella's photo is
in the FCV Photo Gallery. My first child, Hannah
also adopted from Vietnam, is also in the FCV Photo Gallery. 8-06 |
| Family |
Kathy & Ed Reinertsen |
| Child |
Grace Cam Huong & Garrett Huu Tam |
| Birthdate |
November 2001 (Grace) & July 4, 2002 (Garrett) |
| Currently living in |
Tay Ninh |
| Adoption agency |
A World of Hope |
| Hope to travel |
Should have been back in November of 2002. Still waiting & not a happy camper |
| Special comments |
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| Family |
Christine and Jeff Ronald |
| Child |
We are looking to adopt a girl (under 12 months) |
| Birthdate |
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| Currently living in |
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| Adoption agency |
Are likely using World Child International (though not finalized yet) |
| Hope to travel |
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| Special comments |
Immigration forms sent and home study beginning. Have a 4 year old biological
child. Curious about the best screening for health issues |
| Family |
Doug and Lisa Roser |
| Child |
Christian |
| Birthdate |
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| Currently living in |
Hanoi |
| Adoption agency |
Spence Chapin |
| Hope to travel |
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| Special comments |
Christian will join his brother Matthew, also adopted from Vietnam around 1 year old. Christian
and Matthew's picture are the FCV Photo Gallery. |
| Family |
Mike and Gina Rossi |
| Child |
Have requested a single boy from "infant" to 2 years old; if siblings are available, we have requested
either/both sexes up to 5 years old. |
| Birthdate |
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| Currently living in |
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| Adoption agency |
EAC (European Adoption Consultants) |
| Hope to travel |
In May we were told "travel in spring 04" but who knows with the MoU? |
| Special comments |
We will take siblings if available, as noted above; we have filed all
of the initial paperwork and are waiting for the social worker to call for
the first homestudy appointment; all of the dossier paperwork is ready and
waiting for the I-600A form to come back and the homestudy to be complete;
Gina has always wanted children and has essentially been waiting 10 years
(we've been together for 10 years, married for 9) whereas Mike just recently
(in April 03) decided he's ready to be a daddy. 6-06 |
| Family |
Lyn & Glenn Rupich |
| Child |
girl, under one year old |
| Birthdate |
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| Currently living in |
Ho Chi Min City |
| Adoption agency |
Florida Home Studies & Adoption |
| Hope to travel |
Dec 2006 |
| Special comments |
This is our last baby. We have four children currently (10, 7, 7, and
4) Two are domestic adoptions and two biological. We're searching for information
from other vietnam adoption families who have recently traveled who can
give us some advice on what to expect and how to prepare while we wait for
our referral. 8-06 |
| Family |
Mike and Meg R. |
| Child |
We have requested a little girl 0-4 yrs. |
| Birthdate |
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| Currently living in |
Probably Nihn Thuan |
| Adoption agency |
Los Ninos International |
| Hope to travel |
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| Special comments |
We are adopting our second child. Our daughter, Willow turned 11 in Nov.
yeah!! We were logged in with the IAD in Oct. and are currently waiting
on our referral. It seems like it has been such a long time. We are very
excited, but very frustrated with the wait. 2/08 |
| Family |
Dale & Camie Schuiteman |
| Child |
We are requesting a 2-5 year old boy, possibly with a sibling. |
| Birthdate |
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| Currently living in |
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| Adoption agency |
Our adoption attorney is Michele L. Jackson. |
| Hope to travel |
Our dossier is complete, and we are waiting for a referral. We hope to
travel by September 2006. |
| Special comments |
3 biological children (ages 10, 13, & 15). We invite you to visit
our website at SchuitemanAdoptionJourney.Bravehost.com.
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| Family |
Meredith and Brad
Segal |
| Child |
boy or girl |
| Birthdate |
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| Currently living in |
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| Adoption agency |
Los Ninos |
| Hope to travel |
December, possibly |
| Special comments |
This will be our first child. |
| Family |
Cris and
Emilie Stickley |
| Child |
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| Birthdate |
Received referal of baby girl on 29 May 2007 |
| Currently living in |
Thanh Hoa |
| Adoption agency |
Hawaii International Child |
| Hope to travel |
Fall 07 |
| Special comments |
She will be our first child! We are awaiting our completed home
study, got fingerprinted 5/07/07, and finishing up the rest of dossier! |
| Family |
Ed and Jenna Stoll |
| Child |
We have requested a girl under 12 months. We will name her Ella and her
middle name will be her given Vietnamese name. |
| Birthdate |
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| Currently living in |
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| Adoption agency |
Adoption Choice |
| Hope to travel |
We are hoping to travel this summer (2007) |
| Special comments |
We are just working on our dossier at this point. We live in Wisconsin
and area always looking for other people to chat with. |
| Family |
Judy Stolz |
| Child |
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| Birthdate |
8/10/06 |
| Currently living in |
Quan Nam province in Danang |
| Adoption agency |
Commonwealth |
| Hope to travel |
probably will be travelling in Sept or October of 2008. |
| Special comments |
I have just renewed my homestudy and am just waiting to travel. |
| Family |
Matt and Kimberly Schoff. |
| Child |
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| Birthdate |
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| Currently living in |
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| Adoption agency |
All God's Children |
| Hope to travel |
August 2007 |
| Special comments |
This will be our first child and we are very excited!! |
| Family |
Jesse and Ken S. |
| Child |
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| Birthdate |
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| Currently living in |
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| Adoption agency |
Adoptions From The Heart |
| Hope to travel |
We are finishing our home study now. |
| Special comments |
We are very excited and would welcome any information from other waiting
families or adoptive parents. We are from Fleetwood, PA 1/07 |
| Family |
Stephen and Jennifer St. John |
| Child |
We are requesting a little girl between the
age of 0 - 36 months. |
| Birthdate |
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| Currently living in |
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| Adoption agency |
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| Hope to travel |
Our dossier is in Vietnam and we are
waiting for our referral. We hope to travel by Summer 2007. |
| Special comments |
We are blessed with 6 biological children (ages 14, 12, 8, 6, 4, &
2) Please visit our website: http://web.mac.com/ eightsaints |
| Family |
Margaret Thompson |
| Child |
requesting a girl 4-12 months |
| Birthdate |
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| Currently living in |
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| Adoption agency |
Adoptions From The Heart |
| Hope to travel |
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| Special comments |
Had just completed dossier for china but decided to switch to vietnam
(which required switching agencies and getting an updated homestudy). would
love to hear from anyone who has experience with the I824 and arranging
for the I171 to be cabled to another country. |
| Family |
Matt and Karen Wagner |
| Child |
Micaela Kieu |
| Birthdate |
12/13/06 |
| Currently living in |
Quang Nam province. |
| Adoption agency |
VORF |
| Hope to travel |
March thru May timeframe 2007 |
| Special comments |
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| Family |
Anne and Grant Winfrey |
| Child |
boy or girl under 12 months |
| Birthdate |
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| Currently living in |
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| Adoption agency |
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota |
| Hope to travel |
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| Special comments |
Hope to travel by the end of 2007! |
| Family |
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| Child |
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| Birthdate |
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| Currently living in |
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| Adoption agency |
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| Hope to travel |
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| Special comments |
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