Recently, when I was surfing the internet seeking for newly emerged blogs on Uzbekistan, I came across to the blog From the Trenches of Adoption, kept by the Riebens family, who were planning to adopt an Uzbek child with a rare birth defect known as phocomelia of the legs. In the blog, they write about ups, downs and in-betweens of their adoption journeys to Uzbekistan. Since I found their blog, I have been closely watching it and supporting the Riebens in the adoption process. Today, the process is over and the Riebens, after having gone through complicated adoption process, finally achieved their goal –adopted an Uzbek child, who will be named Joshua Steve Ortyk Rieben.

The blog is very interesting and it would be a really good handbook for those who want to adopt a child (children) in Uzbekistan.