Three months of paper chasing...doing and redoing documents...pleasing officials and pacing ourselves...All I could think when that FedEx guy stuffed our dossier into the envelope was, "Hey, be careful with that! It's my BABY!" There is really no way to insure this document. Technically, it's worth the $230 it took to apostille each page and the value of the paper itself, but FedEx will only reimburse us $100 if it's lost. It should arrive in Kiev on Wednesday. Please pray that nothing prevents it from getting there. Once it arrives, Nina (our facilitator) will finish the translation she has already begun based on the scanned images we sent her of each document. When it has all been translated, she will turn it over to the SDA. Then we wait for our appointment date to be set. We are hopeful that this may be in November, but there are no guarantees. Thank you for checking on our progress, for caring about our boys (all of them) and most importantly, thank you for your prayers! We see God in motion throughout this process. Your prayers are being heard. God is great! We are so grateful for this opportunity to serve Him.
Praying for you! We are working on gathering it all ourselves, too. I am harboring the secret hope that God helps me move the mountains ahead of us and we can all be together before year's end (and we are well behind you all). Praying for a speedy and smooth process on your behalf!
ReplyDeleteWouldn't that be wonderful? Yes! The process can take time...but the end result will be worth the effort, Lisa. Thank you for your prayers! We are praying for you, too.
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