Fingers Crossed

We were hoping to learn today if Russian officials would allow us to bring Bohdan Sergei and Eliana Inna back home with us yet this year. But, it now looks like we won't hear anything until tomorrow or Friday. The good news is our request has not been denied yet; however, it still seems unlikely anything will move until sometime later next month.

Our adoption coordinator is doing her best to make something happen. She believes we should be allowed to finish things up since our paperwork was completed before this latest change. We agree and hope Russian officials consider this when making their decision.

We also have Senator Richard Lugar (R-Indiana) trying to help us. Senator Lugar heads the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and is well regarded as an international diplomat. His staff helps constituents with international adoption issues and also assists with visas, immigrations, etc. We are members of the same church Senator Lugar attends in Indianapolis and we are keeping our fingers crossed that he might knock on the right door in Russia to help us out.

Thanks again to everyone for all of the kindness you've extended to us throughout all of this. Your thoughtfulness and support is very much appreciated.