After clicking send/receieve all morning, I finally emailed the agency here to see if they had heard anything about our coordinators meeting with the judge.
The reply: "She wrote and said that she will not have any information until tomorrow."
OK..it would have been nice to know that, thank you very much.
I'm a little bit worried...why didn't the judge give her a decision while she was there meeting with her? I sure hope everything is all right. I'm not usually a worrier, but I can't help it!
Just gotta trust...I know.
The story of a lucky family that brings home a perfect girl.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Quick Update
Tuesday, our coordinator got a call from the Judge's assistant and she said that, rather than meeting with her (the assistant) on Wednesday, the judge would like to meet with her in person next Monday (our Sunday night) to review our cases (us and the Nine's.)
I'm not sure if we should be nervous, or what. We are the "pioneers" of the special needs program in which our agency is partnering with Reece's Rainbow, in this region. We're the first two families to come through who are adopting kids with DS in a while, I think. There are a bunch coming soon, but we are the first. And we both have larger families than they are used to. So I think the judge is being a bit more thorough than usual.
I e-mailed our coordinator and asked if this was unusual, and her reply was,
"Hope the judge wants to see me because she needs to hear on the documents (the ones that she asked for last week) and choose the court date upon the information received and accordingly to her schedule."
Hope so, too.
HOPE SO, TOO!!!!!
We pray that we'll find good news in our inbox Monday morning.
Looks like the families who are adopting from Region 1 (see posts below) have been told that the judge needs a week to think things over. We'll keep praying for her heart to change during this time.
I'm not sure if we should be nervous, or what. We are the "pioneers" of the special needs program in which our agency is partnering with Reece's Rainbow, in this region. We're the first two families to come through who are adopting kids with DS in a while, I think. There are a bunch coming soon, but we are the first. And we both have larger families than they are used to. So I think the judge is being a bit more thorough than usual.
I e-mailed our coordinator and asked if this was unusual, and her reply was,
"Hope the judge wants to see me because she needs to hear on the documents (the ones that she asked for last week) and choose the court date upon the information received and accordingly to her schedule."
Hope so, too.
HOPE SO, TOO!!!!!
We pray that we'll find good news in our inbox Monday morning.
Looks like the families who are adopting from Region 1 (see posts below) have been told that the judge needs a week to think things over. We'll keep praying for her heart to change during this time.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Tonight is the Night
Kirill, Baby J and Eva's futures lie completely in a decision made by one person, as we sleep tonight. Read Julia's blog post to help you get the feel for how much all of our prayers are needed. 
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Prayers for Region 1
There are four families in Anya's country, in Region 1,(Anya is in Region 2) who are the very first families to attempt to adopt kids with Down Syndrome in this region. The judge is not supportive of international adoptions at all since an incident last year when a lady sent her adopted son back to this country on an airplane. These families have been working on trying to bring their children home for a year and a half. The Moreno's got word that the committee will not assign them a date for their first trip until they learn that the other two families (the Hooks, the Davis' and one other family who is not through RR) adoptions have worked out. It's a very volatile situation. Their coordinator is meeting with the judge Wednesday (our Tuesday night) to plead with her to assign the first two families their court date.
They need a miracle to take place. We've seen mountains move for other families who have been at critical points like this. I just want to help spread the word so that lots of people can be praying for this judge's heart to soften during their meeting Wednesday. It also happens to be the day that our coordinator is going to be meeting with our judge's assistant, hoping she'll assign us our court date with what she is given. So this day (or night, for us) is kinda important to our family, as well!
I know that our Heavenly Father hears our prayers and that he is a God of miracles. Please join us in praying that mountains will move so that, not only will these children get to come to loving families, but many more will follow suit.
They need a miracle to take place. We've seen mountains move for other families who have been at critical points like this. I just want to help spread the word so that lots of people can be praying for this judge's heart to soften during their meeting Wednesday. It also happens to be the day that our coordinator is going to be meeting with our judge's assistant, hoping she'll assign us our court date with what she is given. So this day (or night, for us) is kinda important to our family, as well!
I know that our Heavenly Father hears our prayers and that he is a God of miracles. Please join us in praying that mountains will move so that, not only will these children get to come to loving families, but many more will follow suit.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Setback Number Five-Million Katrillion
Found out today that the judge who has been assigned to our case wants a homestudy update and an updated letter from our CPA before she'll assign us a date. These documents are only six months old. *sigh*
This will take a couple of weeks to have done, notarized, appostilled, and FedExed. Our coordinator is hoping when they meet in a week (on the 26th) for an update, if she shows them a copy of the documents, they will assign a date even though they aren't all official yet. We can only hope.
This is just the way it goes. Nothing can ever be easy! But, hey! Look at the bright side: other than the fact that this is another 200 bucks to fork out, we need to be grateful because these are easy things to obtain. Our social worker and CPA are in town and can whip these up fast.
OK...bright side, bright side, bright side. Life is good. :)
This will take a couple of weeks to have done, notarized, appostilled, and FedExed. Our coordinator is hoping when they meet in a week (on the 26th) for an update, if she shows them a copy of the documents, they will assign a date even though they aren't all official yet. We can only hope.
This is just the way it goes. Nothing can ever be easy! But, hey! Look at the bright side: other than the fact that this is another 200 bucks to fork out, we need to be grateful because these are easy things to obtain. Our social worker and CPA are in town and can whip these up fast.
OK...bright side, bright side, bright side. Life is good. :)
My Smile Today
During my pity party today, I whipped out my cell phone so I could soak in a little Anya cuteness on video for a few minutes. Here's one that shows her funny personality. If she could speak English, I think she would have said, "Hey I'm really just enjoying my coloring here. But I'll humour you anyway..."
Monday, January 17, 2011
Submitted
Our dossier was submitted as we slept last night! The judge will now go over it with a fine-toothed comb and hopefully assign a date for us to come see her. Yeah!
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