Waiting...... Just Waiting......

We are waiting. We are waiting to pack our suitcases. We are waiting to book our airline tickets. We are waiting to notify the house sitter. We are just waiting.........

We are waiting because the government of Ukraine changed the ministry under which the National Adoption Center (NAC) is authorized to operate. However, the new ministry will not be authorized to operate until May. Thus, the Ukrainian Parliment, RADA, drafted legislation allowing the current NAC to process the adoptions that were in process as well as those who had appointments with the NAC in January 2006.

Randy and I were scheduled to visit the NAC on January 19, 2006 so we are directly affected by this legislation. President Yushchenko has until this Friday, January 27th, to sign the legislation. It is apparently under legal review at the moment. So we are waiting to see if he signs this legislation and if and when he does sign it, we will then go into action and fly to Kiev.

Your prayers are requested. We are not the only family affected. There are many families currently in Kiev whose adoptions were halted midway through the process. There are many children in Ukraine who expected their Mama and Papa to be there by now to bring them home.

However, our hope is that the wait will be short and we will be allowed to continue forward with our adoption of Alex.

Until then we will wait.........