Today was far less hectic than the previous 24 hours...We had an appointment with the director of Dasha's orphanage this morning. The meeting went well. He was very friendly and I thanked him for providing such a nice home for Dasha and told him that Dasha speaks very affectionately of him. He smiled and thanked me. He told us that Dasha tells the other kids what to do, that she is the "chief" of her class at school, and that she attends the same school as his son, who is also adopted and is 11.
The rest of the day was spent in our apartment waiting for Alex to return with the last documents that were to be notarized and sent back to Kyiv for permission to petition the courts here in Lugansk to adopt Dasha. Alex told us that the mayor had to sign off on one of our documents, but that he wasn’t in the office. It was about 3 pm at the time, and the office would close at 4 pm. Time was running out. So Brett prayed for the mayor to return so that the document could be sent to Kyiv tonight, which might save us a couple days in the process. At 3:35, Alex received a call that all paperwork was complete and ready to be picked up. We believe that God answered that prayer. Alex is leaving tonight for Kyiv on the 15 hour train ride to get our paper work to the State Department of Adoption and to be with his cute wife to celebrate their 1st anniversary on Sunday. We are so pleased with the way he has hustled our paperwork through. He knows the system and has good relationships with all of the officials.
This means we may get our court date here in Lugansk on Friday, Aug. 26, which is the last of our responsibilities on this trip. If that happens we may get to come home sooner than the 31st. Please pray that we will.
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