Here is the latest news on our embryo adoption —

As many of you know, Olga and I have been in this process for the past year.

We transferred two embryos this morning! It took very little time, and the doctor and embryologist were very helpful. We prayed for wisdom about whether to transfer one or two, since our doctor had suggested transferring only one.

When we arrived, though, another doctor was handling the transfer and after seeing the embryos suggested that we transfer two. We feel peace about that decision, knowing that it’s all in the Lord’s hands at every step.

We had four embryos, all were thawed and one did not survive the thawing. We are sad about that.

The doctor did not suggest transferring all three, since the chance of triplets is fairly high. The remaining embryo will be re-frozen. The two we transferred are pictured at left.  This picture was taken just minutes before they were transferred.

We’ll return to the clinic on the 14th for a pregnancy test; we should know then if a pregnancy has resulted. It seems that we’ll stay in the US until the end of June.

We were listening to a teaching this morning, before we went to the clinic. The teacher quoted Jeremiah 1: ‘Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart.’ Today we had a part of that experience — seeing our children before they were in their mother’s womb. And God already knows them and has set them apart for His purposes.

Everything is going well. The Lord has given us faith. And we are very thankful for all.