We Have a Date!

Well, we've know this info for awhile, but were unable to post until our agency heard yesterday whether another couple would be able to get the same court date as us or not. You see, this couple has become friends of ours through e-mail and yahoo groups for Russian adoption. So since we are friends, we read each others blog. So if we posted anything here, they would know something was up and we didn't want to cause they any undue stress!

Thus said, we have a court date, along with our friends, on Monday, April 28th. Woo hoo! We will be leaving next week in order to get there with enough time to visit our daughter for the 2 days previous to our court date. I can already imagine her little voice coming down the hallway because we've come back to get her. I can't wait!

We are excited that on this trip, our entry/exit point to the US will be from Los Angeles instead of somewhere on the East coast. It will save us so much time and wear and tear on our bodies. We didn't even know this was an option until now, but we will drive down to LA and then have a 12.5 hour flight to Moscow. I can do that! It was the previous trip with 30 hours of travel that was so tough.

Please remember to be praying for our family as we do not know, at this point, when we will be returning home. We will not know that information until we have our court date on April 28th. Previously, our daughter's region was pretty easy-going about waiving the 10-day waiting period. However, recently there has been a new prosecutor that is adamant about keeping the 10-day waiting period. Thus, we would have to stay in Russia an additional 10 days and not be able to have custody of our daughter until that waiting period is over. Until we stand in court, we do not know if our trip will be 15 days or 25. That is a long period of time to be away.

Please be praying, as you go to bed on April 27 (Russia is 10 hours ahead of you) for us to get the 10-day waiting period waived. When you wake up on the 28th we will know when we will be returning.

Please don't take this lightly. We would covet your prayers on this issue. If we have to stay for the longer trip, it is more expense, Nate would miss work and we, as parents, would miss a lot of things that wrap up the end of the school year. Some examples would be our children's Awana Awards night and also the musical performance they've been working on all semester. This Mama really doesn't want to miss those things!

So please pray for the 10-day waiting period to be waived. I believe your prayers will make all the difference!

II Corinthians 5:7 "For we walk by faith, not by sight."