Adoption

MaFe says on Jan 28, 2008, 12:54:

I hope that someone here can help you, but I wanted to thank you for adopting a child from Colombia. I wish you the best of luck!

"No comment" is a splendid expression. I am using it again and again." -Winston Churchill

scumbuster says on Jan 28, 2008, 12:56:

I stayed close to there about 1 year ago. I am not sure of the exact address but will check with my wife. It was a very nice appartment near unicentro. We only stayed 1 week and it was $45 a night, but it was a better price if you rented by the month. My wife and myself have been talking about adopting and our last trip in October we stoped at the adoption office to ask questions about the process. How long did it take you to get this far?
Airfair, check Avianca and Kayak.com most of the time I have found my best price one of these.

webmanco says on Jan 28, 2008, 13:09:

There might be more than one adoption office, do you know where it is the one you want??

But, I'm going to start making some assumptions here.... Which means I might actually end up making an ass out of myself ..........Thu 04 17, 2008 11:34 am

beisbollover says on Jan 28, 2008, 13:34:

God Bless you for doing this. I hope your new family is healthy and happy for the rest of your life!

LilaM says on Jan 28, 2008, 16:10:

The difference between a blood connected baby and an adopted one is that the first grows inside you and the other one grows from your heart. God Bless your family...

Love brings us together, it tears us apart..and yet we still believe.

hopester says on Jan 28, 2008, 19:21:

Thanks for the support and advice. Mighty kind of you. I'm a single mom of a 10 year old son. We heard about the Kidsave Summer Miracles program, where you host a child for the summer (kidsave.org). We hosted this delightful Colombian boy the past two summers. It has been a very long road, but it finally worked out, and now we get to welcome him into our family.

My contact at the adoption agency I'm using recommended Betty's Place, which is a small B&B type place that caters to families adopting. But with a 4 to 6 week stay, the price gets steep. I've been reading about various basic hotels and apartment rentals, that seem to cost sigificantly less. I am adopting directly through ICBF, which I believe is the government adoption office. I plan on staying local, since I don't speak much Spanish and will be alone with my new son. I am seeing this trip as more of a business trip, to pick up my new son and take him home. So we'll explore a bit locally and work on English, and I'll do some shopping, but I'm hoping we can return again in a few years (with both of my boys), for a real vacation in Colombia.

p.s. I love that quote!

msaucey says on Jan 28, 2008, 21:31:

hopester.... CONGRATuLATIONS... and thank you for opening your home, heart and life to another child that needs a true "home".... I've heard of the kidsave program briefly and I think this is the first post I've read on here where a child was adopted through that process... Sounds like a good fit....

I can't help you with the apartment hunt, but wish you the best of luck.... Check Avianca, I believe they were having some sales, also do some comparison shopping on Orbitz, normally once you find lowest prices on that site you can go to the company directly and see what a real price might be...

The trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed. - CS Lewis