Just when you think everything is going your way, someone, or something always manages to throw a wrench in the works. Murphy (Murphy's law) just happens to rear his ugly head at some of the most inopportune times and we seem to have this omni-present black cat crossing our path on an almost daily basis. It's just another one of those little tests of faith.
Our paperwork was sent in to SDA last Wednesday, December 10th, and we have a tentative court date for December 18th. From here we would be running in to the holidays and nothing else would get done until after the 12th of January.
This is okay… Even with having court on the 18th, we could return to the states and to our jobs for about 2 or 3 weeks and save some of our vacation time until the Ukraine government and the Embassy open back up and we can return to Ukraine to finish the adoption.
Vera has spent Sunday night with us again, but this time she brings a translator along (her sister Lena). That’s cheating!!! Monday she went to the administration building to write and sign her statement that she wants to be adopted. Then off to school…
I had some rather lengthy discussions with Alyona, Dima, and an e-mail to Oleg to see if there is anything that can be done, since the SDA continues to change the rules and not let anyone know until after-the-fact. (A New Level of Frustration)
The director of the Administration had a lengthy conversation with the SDA and an agreement was made that the “rubber stamp” was not required by the administration (this time). The SDA is still, however, waiting for Vera’s statement. The fax sent by Alyona was not sufficient; they need an original signature. The letter went on the train Monday night and should be in the SDA on Tuesday.
The update from Alyona tells us that with the original signed letter from Vera, we should have a resolution this week and we could still possibly have court on Thursday. I chuckled and said “So there’s still hope for a Christmas miracle for us.” After a brief pause, she laughs and tells me that it’s good I can still laugh about this… Laughter is just one way we deal with stress…
So, yes, our Christmas miracle is that the SDA can apply just a LITTLE common sense to their process and think about the children just a little bit MORE. Also, that all of us adopting who are here now, and those yet to come, can get just a little better case handling to expedite the process.
4 comments:
I pray that you get that Christmas miracle!!
I also pray for that Christmas miracle and if I can do anything to help out with Kelsey please let me know. Pam P.
I'll for that Christmas miracle and for Kelsey.
I'll pray for that Christmas miracle and for Kelsey. I remember the Hansen's had quite a few obstacles to clear when they were adopting two sisters and that was about 3 years ago. So things haven't changed much.
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