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Families in the Adoption Process A-L

The FCV Family to Family Directory provides a place for parents to announce the progress of their adoptions. It also serves as a resource for parents to connect with one another to talk about agency and adoption experiences. The directory is organized by adoption status (ie, in process or completed) and alphabetically by last name. If you would you like to be included or to update your listing, please go to: Add me to the FCV Family to Family Directory.

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Families in the Adoption Process (A-L)

• Ashton, Rita Brockway
• A, Elizabeth & Robert
• A., Cheryl and Duffy
• A., Steven and Carol
• Bell, Debbie
• Benedict, Jeremy and Michelle
• Buse, Laura
• Busic, Heidi
• Carey, Stacy
• Conklin, Dan and Lisa
• Connor, Mei Ling
• Crow, Christi & Joey
• Czaszwicz, Melissa & Michael
• Dekker, Kerryanne and Hans Dekker
  
• Denison, Suzanne
• Eaton, Mike & Debra
• Engelbrecht, Seth and Sarah
• Foronda, Anthony & Michelle
• Gaffney, David and Stacey
• Goessling, Ted and Jacquelynn
• Good, Laurie and Travis
• G. Meg and Ed
• Herrington, Yahama and Shane Hanna
• H, Chris and Summer
• Ives, Shannon and Jim
• Jeffries, K
• Kelley, Nathan and Katy
• Kerns, Lanny & Michelle
• Kornas, Kelli
• K., Katherine and Drew
• Lahr, Teresa & Norman Lahr
• Landis, Thuy and Joseph
• Lane, Jason and Hollie
• Lee, Lynn and Roger
• Leesekamp, Karin
• Lemasters, Scott & Marcy
• Lewis, Richard & Linda
• Lagoni, Charlie & Sue

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Family	Cheryl and Duffy A.
Child	Luon
Birthdate
Currently living in
Adoption agency	Carolina Adoption Services
Hope to travel	Spring '08
Special comments	Luon will be our 10th child. My husband has 2 biological girls from first marriage. He also has 4 adopted children. I have 2 adopted children from my first marriage and we now have a son that we adopted from China last year. Yes, we are a busy family and loving it!! We live in Ohio and would love to hear from others close to us in proximity.

Family	Steven and Carol A.
Child	We have been approved for a baby girl, 0 to 12 months;twins or siblings
Birthdate
Currently living in
Adoption agency	Gladney/Carolina Adoption Services
Hope to travel	We are hoping to travel Spring of 2008
Special comments	Our dossier was registered in Vietnam in September of 2007. Steven has two children from a previous marriage....Kris (18-1/2) is a college freshman and Victoria (16) is a H.S. junior. We are looking forward to our new daughter coming home from VN. 2/08

Family	Debbie Bell
Child	I'm adopting an infant girl
Birthdate
Currently living in
Adoption agency	VORF
Hope to travel	I hope to travel approx.May of 08
Special comments	I'm a single mom of three wonderful boys ages 24,20,and 13, and have always wanted a little girl.. I am currently #5 on the waiting list and very excited to bring our little princess home as soon as possible.

Family	Jeremy and Michelle Benedict
Child	Alexia Thuy
Birthdate	May 2007
Currently living in
Adoption agency	Familys Thru International Adoption (FTIA)
Hope to travel	We hope to travel in April.
Special comments	Alexia's adorable pictures are in the FCV Gallery. We have two biological children a daughter 6yr. and a son 4 yr. 1-08

Family	Laura Buse
Child	baby girl
Birthdate
Currently living in
Adoption agency	Reaching Out
Hope to travel
Special comments	Waiting for second referral. 1/03

Family	Heidi Busic
Child	Requested a girl.
Birthdate
Currently living in
Adoption agency	La Vida International
Hope to travel
Special comments	So far it has been a pretty long wait (since 1/02) but I know it will be worth it. I am looking forward to sharing information with others in my same position. Thank you for such a great site. I am very happy I found it.

Family	Stacy Carey
Child	requesting male infant under 12 months
Birthdate
Currently living in	northern Vietnam, likely Ha Noi
Adoption agency	Crossroads
Hope to travel	late 2007, I hope
Special comments	Dossier just about ready to get certified, authenticated and finally go to VN. My blog address is http://mylittlemanfromvietnam.blogspot.com/

Family	Dan and Lisa Conklin
Child	We requested a girl between the age of 2-4 years
Birthdate
Currently living in
Adoption agency	World Child
Hope to travel
Special comments	No idea when we will travel but as of right now we have all our dossier going through translation. So hopefully in a few weeks we'll get our referrel.

Family	Joey and Christi Crow
Child	Nguyen Thi Ngoc Mai
Birthdate	1/31/04
Currently living in	Kien Giang Province
Adoption agency	Children's Hope International
Hope to travel	March or April 2007
Special comments	Would love to here from others who have adopted from Kien Giang, or have adopted a toddler

Family	Melissa & Michael Czaszwicz
Child	We are open to either a boy or a girl - infant
Birthdate
Currently living in
Adoption agency	Children's Hope International
Hope to travel
Special comments	We have just started the process! We currently have 2 biological children - Jonathan 20 months old & Christine 7 months old.

Family	Kerryanne and Hans Dekker
Child	We do not have a preference for boy or girl; just 'baby' ; ) between 4-10 months old.
Birthdate
Currently living in
Adoption agency	Mandala
Hope to travel	We hope Spring/Summer '08
Special comments	This is our first baby! Very close to submitting our dossier. Our adoption blog: http://3continentfamily.blogspot.com/

Family	Suzanne Denison
Child	Male or Female 0-18 mths
Birthdate
Currently living in
Adoption agency	Children's Hope International, St. Louis MO
Hope to travel
Special comments	This child will join our family of myself and my 2.5 yr old son adopted from Russia in 2004. We just received our INS approval and got on the list. We are settling back for the wait now but hope to bring home a child by the end of 2007.

Family	Mike & Debra Eaton
Child	Two daughters between 1-3 years old. Malottie Mae & Lindsey Dawn are the names we plan to name them.
Birthdate
Currently living in
Adoption agency	Adoption International Inc. Jody Hall Exc. Director
Hope to travel
Special comments	We hope to travel in November 2007.

Family	Seth and Sarah Engelbrecht
Child	Nguyen Thi Yen (female)
Birthdate	April 27, 2006
Currently living in	Bac Giang
Adoption agency	Asian Children Services
Hope to travel	Early Oct 2006
Special comments	She will be our first child. We are waiting for our final signature in Vietnam and then we will travel.

Family	Anthony and Michelle Foronda
Child	Requesting either gender
Birthdate
Currently living in
Adoption agency	World Child in Silver Spring, MD
Hope to travel	Hoping for a baby in 2008!
Special comments	Just started home study

Family	David and Stacey Gaffney
Child	Brenden Douglas Gaffney
Birthdate	November 28, 2005
Currently living in	HCMC Go Vap orphanage
Adoption agency	Florida Home Study and Adoption (FHSA)
Hope to travel	We have been told to expect a 3 month wait could be shorter or longer.
Special comments	Brenden is in the FCV Photo Gallery. We are so excited and will give an update when we know travel plans. www.adoptfromvietnam.blogspot.com 8-06

Family	Ted and Jacquelynn Goessling
Child	Thành Min
Birthdate	08/10/05
Currently living in	He is currently in the Ben Tré Care Center
Adoption agency	Children's Home Society & Family Services of St. Paul, MN
Hope to travel	We expect to travel in April 2007 (fingers crossed!)
Special comments	We have one bio. son, Louis Goessling, age six. We are a family of three waiting for travel authorization to go and gather our new son. We started this process in June 2005 and it seems like it has taken forever, but we are beginning to get excited about our trip.

Family	Laurie and Travis Good
Child
Birthdate
Currently living in
Adoption agency	VORF
Hope to travel
Special comments	Second adoption: We have our son, Jackson, home from Vietnam 12/06. Blog: http://goodhappenings.com/

Family	Ed & Meg G.
Child	requesting siblings or individual girl under age of 5yrs
Birthdate
Currently living in
Adoption agency	World Child International
Hope to travel	1-4 monthes after paper work complete
Special comments	I would be interested in hearing from anybody who is using World Child or has experience with this agency. We are possibly adopting two sisters from Lansun.

Family	Yashama Herrington and Shane Hanna
Child	infant girl
Birthdate
Currently living in
Adoption agency	World Parnters Adoption
Hope to travel
Special comments	At the present time, our agency will not accept Vietnam applications because the agreement has not been signed. They said they would not take any new applications until the US signs the agreement in Vietnam, so until then my husband and I wait.. This will be our first child. 1/03

Family	Chris and Summer H.
Child	We are requesting a girl but open to either
Birthdate
Currently living in
Adoption agency	Carolina Adoption Services
Hope to travel
Special comments	We are early in the process and almost finished with our homestudy but not referral ready yet. We will let you know when we find out more info. 3/06

Family	Shannon and Jim Ives
Child	baby girl
Birthdate
Currently living in
Adoption agency	European Adoption Consultants, Inc.
Hope to travel	June
Special comments	We do have other biological children (ages 14 and my husband's two children from a previous marriage are ages 23, 25). 2/03

Family	K. Jeffries
Child	Infant girl/as young as possible
Birthdate
Currently living in
Adoption agency	Families Thru International Adoption (FTIA)
Hope to travel	March 2009
Special comments	I hope to receive a referral December 2008. I have been on the waiting list since June 20, 2007. I am single and adoption is my first choice as a way to start my family.

Family	Nathan and Katy Kelley
Child	We are requesting a baby girl
Birthdate
Currently living in
Adoption agency	Plan Loving Adoptions Now
Hope to travel	If all goes well, sometime this summer
Special comments	We have a 4 and 3/4 year old (as he would say!) son. We are waiting to start our homestudy. We live in Portland Oregon and would love to get in contact with other families in this area who are or have adopted from Vietnam.

Family	Lanny & Michelle Kerns
Child	Boy
Birthdate
Currently living in
Adoption agency	Have not chosen agency yet, using Commonwealth Adoptions International for our Homestudy
Hope to travel
Special comments	We have just began our home study. This will be our 2nd child. We adopted our DD from Guatemala in 2003.

Family	Kelli Kornas
Child	infant boy or girl, 2-5 months
Birthdate
Currently living in
Adoption agency	PLAN
Hope to travel	Summer or Fall 2008
Special comments	Currently finishing up homestudy and starting dossier my blog: http://kornasfamily.blogspot.com/

Family	Katherine and Drew K
Child	Victoria Ha Tien
Birthdate	June 2007
Currently living in	HCMC, TB1
Adoption agency	Children s Hope International
Hope to travel	We re hoping for March!
Special comments	Special needs

Family	Teresa & Norman Lahr
Child	We have requested a girl between 0 and 12 months
Birthdate
Currently living in
Adoption agency	Commonwealth Adoptions International
Hope to travel
Special comments	It is a very exciting time but it is such a long process. We would love to hear from other families who are either awaiting adoption or have already had the wonderful experience of adopting from Vietnam. We are very curious to hear from others who have already traveled there that can give us pointers on what it is like and what to pack. 10/06

Family	Thuy and Joseph Landis
Child
Birthdate
Currently living in	Da Nang
Adoption agency
Hope to travel	Joseph is expecting to travel sometime in June.
Special comments	Our son will be the second child in the family, we have one daughter who is 25 months old.

Family	Jason and Hollie Lane
Child	Tuyen Jason (TJ) Lane
Birthdate	April 12, 03
Currently living in	Nam Dinh
Adoption agency	Loving Adoptions Worldwide
Hope to travel	As soon as the country opens up we are hoping to travel 2-4 months after that.
Special comments	This will be our first adoptive child giving us a total of 5 beautiful kids! We are very excited and hope that the country opens very soon!

Family	Lynn and Roger Lee
Child	Lucas David Viet Lee (boy with cleft lip and palate)
Birthdate	6/23/2005 (?)
Currently living in	Go Vap Orphanage HCMC
Adoption agency	Children s Hope International
Hope to travel	We don t know, but hopefully before or around 12/2006
Special comments	Our dossier has been sent to Vietnam, we now await approval to travel

Family	Karin Leesekamp
Child	Not requesting a specific gender
Birthdate
Currently living in
Adoption agency	CHSFS
Hope to travel
Special comments	I m getting ready to send dossier to be authenticated

Family	Scott & Marcy Lemasters
Child	Requesting a girl as young as possible or under 12 months
Birthdate
Currently living in
Adoption agency	Dillon International, Inc.
Hope to travel
Special comments	In the long part 2 application process. We have two biological sons, ages 15 and 12. Have travelled to Vietnam before for touring and love the country and especially the people. We are from Missouri and would love to hear from other families in the process or who have already travelled since Vietnam has reopened. (5/06)

Family	Richard and Linda Lewis
Child	Hoang Van Giang
Birthdate	10/2/02
Currently living in	HCMC
Adoption agency	Cascade International Childrens Services
Hope to travel	trip 1: Dec 6th, 2002 trip 2 - we hope before Tet!
Special comments	See Hoang Van Giang and his sister KimLy in the FCV Photo Gallery. 1/03

Family	Charlie & Sue Lagoni
Child
Birthdate
Currently living in
Adoption agency	Harrah's AIM
Hope to travel	Hopefully at the end of 2007!
Special comments

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