Back in Kyiv

After three harrowing days in Lugansk visiting various public offices trying to obtain birthcertificate and passport we are back in Kyiv for the final steps of the adoption process. Dasha has been a real trouper, spending a whole day in the car with little to eat and drink and few potty breaks. Of course Dasha wanted to direct all of the meetings we went to, opening doors for my facilitator and i, and making random comments to various officials when she felt the need.
We had to get up at 4am this morning to catch a 7 am flight from Lugansk to Kyiv. Then directly from the airport to the American Embassy, filling my paperwork out on the way, and discovering that there was a missing signature from brett and the same form also had not been notarized. Our facilitator told me to tell the embassy worker that I had forgotten the form and would bring it back the next day giving us time to solve the problem. Long story short the very nice embassy lady said "no need for that form" wow, answer to prayer.