On Monday, 4/19 we received a call from our agency. They had some news for us.... it was good news! Our case manager informed us that we have received a court date! This was a little bit unexpected due to recent developments in Russia regarding adoptions with the United States. While there was no confirmation of delays in our region we still had some concern that our court date could be delayed for some time. Surprisingly our court date is the same date that was estimated on our first trip in March assuming everything went smoothly. Apparently God is bigger than glitches because it seems that our case and all the paperwork went smoothly and timely. What an answer to prayer that is.
I'm sure you're wondering about the details so here's the plan as we know it today:
05/02 - leave ICT for Russia
05/04 - court date
05/04-05/13 - 10 day waiting period. We can only visit Sasha during this time.
05/14 - go to baby home to pick up Sasha
05/17 - fly to Moscow
05/18-05/21 - appointments in Moscow at the U.S. Embassy, etc.
05/22 - return home with Sasha to ICT
We took this past week to really comprehend the news and let the reality of it sink it. For most couples they never forget the day they got the phone call with their referral. Because of the multiple referrals we worked through prior to Sasha the day we got her referral was rather uneventful. The phone call with the doctor who evaluated Sasha was a happy time we won't ever forget but still we remained cautious. Learning of our court date in the midst of everything going on in Russia was our big moment. We couldn't return the call to our case manager fast enough. We hung on every word she had to say and then were in complete disbelief, could this really be true? That night didn't want it was hard to fall sleep; both afraid we would wake up and find it was just a dream. We were overwhelmed yet filled with joy and excitement and wonder and love and every other emotion one can imagine. Needless to say,we were both rather unproductive at work the rest of the day. For us this was THE phone call that we had been waiting 18 months to receive.
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