Nursery pictures

A few pictures of what we've done in the baby's room. We still need to hang some things on the walls (the pictures for one wall are in the crib), but all of the furniture is finished. I love the wall color and the natural colored furniture.

My Goodness! Will Russia ever finish reaccreditation?!?

Well, now it seems that instead of reaccreditation being completed by February, we are hearing that our agency's revised paperwork was submitted in early January and the Ministry of Education (MOE) in Russia has up to three months to review it before accrediting our agency. We are also way down the line of people to be registered in a region once it is done. So we are looking at an even longer wait now.

On a happier note, my students and I had a fabulous time playing in the snow flurries today after lunch.

The Yahoo group that I am on has set aside February as a month of prayer for our adoptions. If you feel so led, please join us in praying. We are praying as a group on Sundays and then the week days and Saturdays are assigned. My days are Feb. 2 and Feb. 16. Please pray specifically that the MOE would review the paperwork quickly and efficiently and that those who have been waiting so long to be reunited with their children would be able to get court dates very soon. Also please pray for those waiting for referrals and that the waiting children would be held in God's tender loving care until they can be held in their parents' arms.

Please keep Chris and I specifically in your prayers that we would be patient in our wait since the frustration is strong especially as our paperwoorks starts to expire and that the finances would be there as we move forward. Thanks!

Russian word of the Day: "snyek"- snow