Officially Parents and Miracles Galore!

Good news to report – We are officially parents of Anna, Warren, and Corey!  The court proceeding went very smoothly.  Praise God!!!!!

Okay, I’m done dancing in the coffee house.  This is a miracle in and of itself, but three more miracles also occurred today.  First, the prosecuter didn’t show up to the court proceeding, because “she was too busy doing other things.” Do you believe it??  This is significant, because even with the CIS approval, we were told today that the prosecuter may have given us trouble because they wouldn’t have had the official document from the embassy other than our advocate’s word that the embassy received the cable.  God took care of that one.  Second, the judge appointed only a 10-day waiting period instead of a 30-day waiting period.  This means that we will have the kids on June 14 (a week from this Saturday).  Third, our advocate here worked out a deal whereby we will receive the kids Ukranian passports (they will travel back to the U.S. with us using Ukrainian passports and U.S. visas) on the same day that the kids are released to us (June 14).  The local social worker who is friends with our advocate from the adoption agency was absolutely shocked that our advocate was able to work that out.  The social worker told me that nobody adopting kids here in the past year was able to get a passport that quickly, let alone the same day as the end of the 10-day waiting period.  Normally it takes at least a week after the end of the waiting period or longer.  In fact, one couple we know that are adopting a child here had to return back to the U.S. last Saturday because they were told a passport wouldn’t be available for an additional 10 days!

 

The next steps will be to wait out the 10-day waiting period, then pick up the kids birth certificates in their native town about 30 km to the south of here, then return to Kiev for American medical center exams and U.S. visas for the kids.  Our projected return date is sometime between Wednesday June 18 and Saturday June 21.  Please pray for Wednesday, the 18th.  The earlier date is dependent on our getting the birth certificates in the kid’s home town on Saturday, June 14.  If they won’t open for us on that day, then we will have to wait until Tuesday, June 17.  So again, pray for on or about the 18th.  I’ve got to get out of here before I lose my mind!

Is there any doubt that God our Father is working here and now in the world and is hearing our prayers?  If there is, read through this blog again and see that He is plainly evident!  Amen!!!!!!