Slow Progress

Well, there's really nothing new to report. Reaccreditation is still not completed, but hopefully soon. Our first document is getting ready to expire, so we are busy getting notarized signatures again. The person who notarized our Police Clearances had a commision that expires at the end of November so we have to have it redone even though we just got it in April, because Russia requires that all papers have current notary dates (our agency recommends that the date be at least two years from the date it is notarized).

I just talked to our family coordinator and she said that they are getting ready to pass a new law in Russia that will allow agencies to be accredited for more than one year, which would be great. She also said that there's a possibility (not probable, but a possibility) that there may be a larger number of referrals once reaacreditation is finished since children keep being added to the registry, even during the reaccreditation process. So maybe it won't take as long as 9 -12 months to get a referral. I would love to get a referral in the next 6 months (April--Spring Break in Russia, hmm that would be nice!), then travel to bring her home in June or July. Please pray that God's timing would be perfect and that we would be able to wait patiently for our daughter to come home.

The weather in Moscow today is similar to here, in the upper 40's. All of next week it is supposed to be in the low to mid 30's with a chance of snow showers each day.

Russian word of the day: bood-zdah-ROHF "Bless you"