Progress!!!

We are so excited that we have finally received all documents (except the petition to the court) that are needed for the court! Everything fell into place today and we sent our regional documents off to Sacramento this afternoon. The courier service will take them to the Secretary of State's office tomorrow to be apostilled and then pick them up on Friday. We should have them signed, sealed and delivered back to us by Monday. It is such a relief to have these done! Now all that we are waiting for is the petition to the court document. This is a difficult document to obtain, but I have heard that it should be coming soon. For now we are just praying that everything goes as planned in the next few days and that nothing gets lost! On a frustrating note, we have heard rumors that court dates could be slowing down in Krasnoyarsk. We were hoping for our court date in March or April. It looks like now that we will be lucky to be going in May. I know this process is all in God's timing and that he will bring Mikhail home at the right time. In the meantime, we are praying for patience and continued care and safety for Mikhail at the orphanage. It also gives us more time to raise the final amount of money needed to complete our adoption. Thank you again to all of our generous friends and families that have supported us through our process. We could not bring Mikhail home with out you.

SP