Travel Update

I received an e-mail from our coordinator at Hand in Hand Adoptions.  She wanted to let us know that we would not be traveling our first time until September or October.  In the region where Anna lives, all the orphanages close down for the summer.  The kids are taken to "datchas" or summer homes.  Most of the orphanage officials go on vacations during the summer months and need to be there when we are there, to observe us with our child, etc. 

So...September or October.  Then it's anywhere from 2-4 months after that to get our court date.  We just hope we can get her home by the end of the year for financial reasons.  We need that adoption tax refund ASAP!  We know it will happen according to the Lord's plan, though.  Trust, trust.