As always a big thank you to Susan for creating her website and keeping it up to date with information for parents who are considering adopting, have adopted – the greatest joy is keeping our children connected and she has a link on her website for local groups through-out the USA:

US Regional Groups for families with children from Kazakhstan: http://kazakhadoptivefamilies.com/groups.html

Since August of 2001, this group of CA families has shared info and was... more

One of my favorite parts of adoption – is seeing that forever families continue to form through international adoption. Below is a journey of a family who had hoped to adopt two children during their first adoption journey, only to learn that the rules had tighten and were unable to do so. They had their hearts stolen by a little girl while there and returned to Kazakhstan to add her to their family - below is a link to their Faith, Love and Hope blog: http://mcgillsinkazpart2.blogspot.com/

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I think once any of us have adopted, we love to share in the joy of other families being built through international adoption! I thought I’d share a few blogs with you ---- in case you want to follow along:

Michael & Holly are in the bonding process in Taraz, Kazakhstan with their daughter. They are a couple from warm sunny CA – spending time in bone chilling Taraz to get the best heart warming gift ever – their little girl. If you’d like to read about their journey, log on to: http://hollyandmichael-kazakhstan.blogspot.com/2007/01/step-at-time.html

Brad & Pet are just arriving in... more

Many parents like to “stay in the loop” once they have adopted from Kazakhstan – while others wish to learn as much as possible prior to adopting. What some do not know is how to go about receiving daily “alerts” about Kazakhstan or adoption to their in box to save the Internet search time.

I have two different “alerts” search engines set up – one is goggle. To sign up for what you like to get delivered to your e-mail and how often – please visit the site at:

http://www.google.com/alerts

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Over the years – I have collected various links and stored them in my “favorites” – along with some addresses and phone numbers. Some of them are Kazakhstan specific, while others are dealing with adoption and last but not list – helpful links to help in the process. I’ll share some of them with you below:

A must book mark for any families adopting from Kazakhstan, Susan is an adoptive parent who has created an award winning site. http://kazakhadoptivefamilies.com/

Excellent resource from with every step in the process of adopting. http://www.adoption.com/

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