Tuesday we went back to Igor's school, in the city of Illichevsk, for the meeting. We spent a lot of time in a room with ourselves, our facilitator, Igor and for women from the school. We were asked a question one time and then sat there while the discussion went on for 30 or 40 minutes. They asked Igor several questions. Those of you who haven't been through this international adoption process haven't experienced the feeling of not having a clue what they are talking about or if they are talking about you. Afterwards, our facilitator said that 90% of the conversation had nothing to do with us or our case. We think that this may have been the first time that they have had one of their students adopted from that school. They were asking our facilitator questions about adoptions in general and about other topics. They were also telling him about other kids they knew, etc. Strange feeling, but we knew that there would be sessions like this. Paperwork was prepared for Igor, much of it by the orphanage where he was before going to the technical school. We were told that the Director at the school needed to sign the paperwork, but he was gone for several days. We came back to Odessa, but the facilitator stayed to talk to the court judge for that area about combining the court hearings for all three children. He discovered that the judge was out of town. The facilitator located the school director in Odessa and made an appointment with him for Wednesday morning, in Odessa to get the papers signed. He also made an appointment to return to Illichevsk Wednesday afternoon to speak with the judge. We are hoping to get a court appointment for December 17. This would let the 10 day wait be over on December 27, which is just before the Ukraine holiday which is from December 28 through January 7. During that time, all government offices are closed. We would like to be able to apply for the passports on the 27th and also send the adoption documentation to USCIS in Omaha so they can be processing the I-600 approvals during that waiting time.
Pray that the timing would work to make the best advantage of the holiday time.
Pray that the timing would work to make the best advantage of the holiday time.
2 comments:
HI! I have finally found the blog! It sounds like you guys are having to do a lot of waiting around, which we knew would be the case. I will do my best to keep up and follow along since our time zones are so different. We miss you and hope everything goes quickly. We love you! Alysson, Matt, Weston, and Wyatt
Oh, and I'm can't believe how many different people and countries have logged on. Pretty neat. I am new to this blog thing so hopefully I will get the hang of it.
Alysson
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