Wednesday provided a couple of delays. The Inspector in Odessa did not complete the Conclusion for Adoption for Masha and Yulia. It will be ready on Thursday. The judge in Illichevsk was not available when our facilitator, Oles, arrived for the appointment, so he must return there today. Oles said that it does not appear likely that we will get a court date on Monday, which probably means that we will not get the final adoption papers before January 8, at which time, we would still have to apply for passports and send the documentation to USCIS in Omaha for approval of the I-600 forms for the kids. That would probably mean that we wouldn't be bringing the kids home until late January. Even though we realized that this was a distinct possibility, it still is a little disappointing. Pray that everything works and that there are no major hurdles. We were also told that the US Embassy in Kiev only has us as being approved for two children. The paperwork was sent to them in May, before we had our home study updated for three. Our dossier has the updated paperwork, so it is a matter of the adoption agency sending the update to USCIS so USCIS can notify the Embassy that we are approved for three. I also have a scanned copy of the completed, notarized, apostiled form on my flash drive that I can email to the Embassy. This isn't critical, since it doesn't come into play until the end of the process, when we attempt to get visas to bring the kids to the US. We are glad that it came to light early so there is plenty of time to address the issue.
We attended worship at the local Vineyard Church which we attended when we visited in May. It was good to see familiar faces. We went with Michelle's roommate, Lisa, and her visitor Betsy.
Wednesday, I spent some time upgrading the computer in the apartment. I added service pack 2 for Windows XP and loaded anti-virus and anti-spyware software and a firewall program. I also set it up so that another adopting family in the apartment next door can log on to the secured wireless network that we set up.
We plan to visit the girls at the orphanage Thursday and take them out for pizza. Hopefully, they will be able to spend the weekend with us at the apartment. We still need to work out the logistics for having Igor visit.
Well, I need to get a phone card, before the cell phone minutes run out, so I will sign-off for now.
We attended worship at the local Vineyard Church which we attended when we visited in May. It was good to see familiar faces. We went with Michelle's roommate, Lisa, and her visitor Betsy.
Wednesday, I spent some time upgrading the computer in the apartment. I added service pack 2 for Windows XP and loaded anti-virus and anti-spyware software and a firewall program. I also set it up so that another adopting family in the apartment next door can log on to the secured wireless network that we set up.
We plan to visit the girls at the orphanage Thursday and take them out for pizza. Hopefully, they will be able to spend the weekend with us at the apartment. We still need to work out the logistics for having Igor visit.
Well, I need to get a phone card, before the cell phone minutes run out, so I will sign-off for now.
1 comments:
Please send our love to Masha. I pray those dreaded "delays" are resolved soon. Sounds like you're going with the flow like champs.
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