The people that got us through

I am so proud that all of you did not degrade this week's Coffee Talk into a political trash about.

This week's update will be brought to you by the letter P. Why P? Well we decided that we were not going to reveal the name of our new referral when it comes, but we needed to call it something. So we came up with the nickname Pickle. So our child will herein referred to as Pickle.

There isn't a whole ton of news this week. No referral. The Department of Education is issuing them, but not bunches at a time. They want to ensure that the children they refer are legally available for adoption (so our bad situation doesn't happen again.) The problem is they only have the information that is available on the Federal Databank. When our facilitator inquires with the orphanages about the children the doctors tell her they are not healthy. So we continue to wait.

The bits of good news are that all 5 families that have lost their referrals in one way or another will receive referrals all at once. Olga wants to make sure that no one is left behind. The other good news is that we are back to the old judge!!!! That is a huge resounding WAAAA HOOOO!!! Newbie Judge was just so dang slow. She was requiring all kinds of strange paperwork and wording. She was having court appointments that lasted hours. She also was delaying rulings for days. Imagine that. Going to court for your hearing and then not knowing for two or three days if your child is yours or not. Well this just wasn't going to fly so they brought back the old judges. Thank God!

We should hear next week how the whole medical exams will play out. There are 2 families with our agency in Khabarovsk right now for their med trips. We are fortunate enough that when we go to see our new referral we will have the medical exams so we aren't faced with 3 more trips.

So that is the update in a nutshell.