It's Official - We're Going to Ukraine!

You are not going to believe this - I wouldn't believe it myself, except it happened to me so I know it's true.

Monday I really found myself in a funk. I felt as though I needed to know something THAT MOMENT of THAT DAY. So, I whipped up a two page letter and sent it to my Congressman, Senator and other officials including the State Department and the US Embassy in Kiev. I even stayed up until 2:30AM so I could have a long heart-to-heart with the US Embassy in Kiev regarding just WHY none of us seemed to know "when the clock" started on the 15 days President Yushchenko had to review the law allowing the current National Adoption Center authority over adoptions until the new Ministry was up and running on May 1, 2oo6. I had my heart-to-heart, although I didn't learn much and neither I nor the person I spoke with felt better after it was over then we did when it started. I consider that to be a requirement of a "true" and "successful" heart-to-heart conversation.

After the discussion it was close to 3:30, which seemed too close to dawn to go to sleep so I stayed awake until morning. After grousing with my husband for a couple hours about how I wanted to know exactly what was going on, I decided I really needed a nap. Before laying down I said a prayer, ok, maybe it was more like a plea than a prayer - I said "God, I affirm your goodness and I affirm that when I wake up this law will be signed." A quick flash of a long hibernation went through my head. I almost took the words back, but decided that when it comes to God and me, what's said is said and once said, no taking back.

I fell asleep.

When I woke up the law had been signed.

A week from today, our appointment with the NAC will no longer be a future event but a past occurence.

Thank God.

Cynthia