The Hitch
You've heard the saying, "there is always a hitch". Today we learned about ours when we were told we will not travel back to Russia this weekend. This was very tough news to hear since we had our hearts set on having Bohdan and Eliana home before Christmas, but if there is one thing we've learned through this whole process it is that we are not in control.
It seems the Russian government has decided to put a temporary hold on court proceedings as they put together a new cabinet to oversee international adoptions. The thought was that we were grandfathered in since our paperwork was already completed before this decision was made, but that does not seem to be the case at this point.
We quickly faxed a letter to the Ministry of Education and Science this morning asking them to allow us to complete adoption proceedings yet this year, but it looks like our new target date for all of this is late January. There is a very slim chance we could still travel this year, but we won't know more about that until next Wednesday when the Director of the Ministry is able to respond to our letter of request.
Since all of this involves bureaucrats and a new cabinet, we are not placing any bets on our next travel date. It's really anybody's guess at this point and maybe that's why a colleague reminded me today that it was Yogi Berra who said, "It is tough to make predictions, especially about the future."
Hopefully this is a temporary glitch in the process and we'll get back to Russia soon. In the meantime -- if you are so inclined -- please say a prayer for Bohdan Sergei and Eliana Inna that they might shake loose of their orphanages sooner as opposed to later.
It seems the Russian government has decided to put a temporary hold on court proceedings as they put together a new cabinet to oversee international adoptions. The thought was that we were grandfathered in since our paperwork was already completed before this decision was made, but that does not seem to be the case at this point.
We quickly faxed a letter to the Ministry of Education and Science this morning asking them to allow us to complete adoption proceedings yet this year, but it looks like our new target date for all of this is late January. There is a very slim chance we could still travel this year, but we won't know more about that until next Wednesday when the Director of the Ministry is able to respond to our letter of request.
Since all of this involves bureaucrats and a new cabinet, we are not placing any bets on our next travel date. It's really anybody's guess at this point and maybe that's why a colleague reminded me today that it was Yogi Berra who said, "It is tough to make predictions, especially about the future."
Hopefully this is a temporary glitch in the process and we'll get back to Russia soon. In the meantime -- if you are so inclined -- please say a prayer for Bohdan Sergei and Eliana Inna that they might shake loose of their orphanages sooner as opposed to later.
posted by Marker Family Journal at 10:23 PM
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