tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2356877906785599520.post8470269779162062052..comments2023-04-29T09:20:38.480-05:00Comments on Axel and Ianna: What about the others?Leah Springhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02326240393099112570noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2356877906785599520.post-8113280702822284292010-09-05T08:54:41.059-05:002010-09-05T08:54:41.059-05:00What you have to understand, is (depending upon w...What you have to understand, is (depending upon which country you're adopting from) the vast majority of the money paid to adopt internationally IS PAID TO THE US FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND US AGENCIES! As for the fees paid while in the country, it still costs money to house, cloth, feed, and pay for the legal fees to process the adoptions. The attorneys are not free and have families to feed. Lets talk about Russia for a minute, which is one of the more expensive countries to adopt from, and one I am semi familiar with. The cost of living in in Russia is very high. I was a pretty shocked to sit in the Moscow airport, sitting in the "greasy spoon" type cafe and order for three people two orders of french fries and one hamburger. The total was $70 U.S dollars! To stay overnight in a hotel in a Super 8 level hotel is around $200. When the cost of living is high, so is the cost of everything else. Now, the country where Ianna is, the cost of everything is very low. By U.S. standards, everything is VERY cheap! That makes the cost of adoption there one of the cheapest of all the countries to adopt from. Including travel our costs will be under $18,000, about $10,000 of which will stay in the U.S. However, you also aren't able to adopt healthy non-disabled children unless you are a citizen of that country.Leah Springhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02326240393099112570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2356877906785599520.post-72631038348569851272010-09-05T04:30:44.684-05:002010-09-05T04:30:44.684-05:00I just cried and cried when I read this, I have ne...I just cried and cried when I read this, I have never heard of these situations before today and stumbled upon your site from a comment from a link from another site to you, and what I don;t understand, if they think these kids are so worthless and no one wants them and they are a burden, then why do families have to pay 30k for them (rescuing anna) why don;t they give them to welcoming families for free who will love and care for them??Vicki Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11126387831567811531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2356877906785599520.post-38348462169694079752010-09-03T07:04:54.481-05:002010-09-03T07:04:54.481-05:00I my gosh Leah. That was beautiful and I find myse...I my gosh Leah. That was beautiful and I find myself crying once again for these children in the orphanage. Just about 15 minutes ago I was crying when I thought about the crying that came from Stas' room and it was from a blind boy and was so frequent. I thought about his dark world. It breaks my heart and I prayed last night for God to take the pain of wanting these children if he didn't see it in our future b/c I'm afraid that longing will never go away.Gretchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09853902524761986719noreply@blogger.com