Interesting Phone Call

Since we are back into the investigating stage, we thought we knew what direction we were heading until after we met with our SW. The agency that the SW works for only performs domestic adoptions. We liked the fact that there is no conflict of interest and that the SW has performed many homestudies for various countries, including domestic. Each time we meet her, she always asks if we would consider a domestic adoption. Domestic is not our first choice, however, if an unusual situation occurred, we would consider it.

Here is where the fun begins. The owner of the agency called us and asked us to meet him in their office this week. SoFlaDad and I are pretty busy over the next few days so we proposed a conference call. The owner said it would be worth our while to make the trip to their office. So you know what I am thinking....There is a birth mother somewhere looking for parents. But no, that is not it at all. The agency is looking to start an international adoption program and is looking for parents to "test the waters". We are far from experts in international adoption, but we are pretty educated on the pros and cons overall. This triggered a red flag big time. But, it is also pulling at my curiosity.

We decided we have nothing to loose at this point except time, so we are going to meet with the owners next week to see what they have to say. I don't know if anything will come out of this but at least my curiosity will be satisfied. The countries they are targeting are Kazakhstan, Ukraine, and one of the "stan" countries (I forgot what he said). If you are familiar with these countries, I am interested in your experiences, hearsay, sources, etc. Like they say, a little bit of knowledge is dangerous!

SoFlaMom