From Russia with Love - International Adoptions

ESMOND ­ Lynn and Robin Arnold knew when they married nearly five years ago that they wanted to someday adopt a child.
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In looking at international adoption, the Arnolds looked to Eastern Europe to provide the best ethnic fit for rural North Dakota. They both have German-Russian heritage themselves.

Lynn and Robin Arnold worked through Catholic Family Services in Minot, but because no agency in North Dakota handles international adoptions with Russia, they also worked with Children's Home Society and Family Services in St. Paul, Minn. [snip] Minot Daily News