Waiting...again

I'm back in America, doing something very familiar to me in this process- waiting. We passed court last Monday. After court, there is a 10 day wait for birth certificates and other documents. Once they've received those (which should be Friday, but you never know with Ukraine), Josh and the boys will head to Kiev to complete the US Embassy side of things. We were made aware that the US Embassy has a several days off for a holiday that week, so it may slow us down. Please join us in bold prayer that they can finish all our documents on Monday, the 16th so that Josh and the boys can fly home as early as the 17th. Josh has been away from Levi and Noah for almost a month now. Needless to say, they are ready to have their Daddy back...and to have their new brothers home with them. Andrey had to go back to the orphanage today. I am very sad about that, but there is nothing to be done about it. Please pray for his time there not to create too much of a deficit in the relationship that he has built with Josh and I. It seems like he is a different person altogether in the orphanage. Also pray for Ruslan and Andrey as they say good-bye to their friends in Ukraine. Although they are ready to come to America, this will be an enormous loss in many ways. Loss of friends, loss of country, loss of language, loss of culture, etc. Also pray for Josh as he struggles through more time away from home and his family. I love to look at this picture (taken in the courtroom just after we passed). But it seems incomplete. I am ready for our family of six to become a reality. Thank you for your encouragement and prayers.