Will the waiting ever end?

Here it is, April 24 and I still have no word on when I will travel to pick up my children. My agency says they are doing everything possible to pull strings to get the families in Biro court dates, but we still have no date. There has been a recent media blitz stating the all Russian adoptions are on hold until this accreditation issue is resolved. Well that is not entirely true as there are some families traveling right now to meet their prospective children and also who have secured court dates to bring them home, the caveat to that is that they are all in different regions than the one my kids and I are in. The Birobidzhan region apparently will not commit to any court dates until the agencies get their accreditation and the accreditation issue is tied up in the bureaucracy of Russian politics. All the while, these kids are sitting in crowded orphanages while they could be home with families that love them and want to provide a terrific life for them, what is wrong with this picture??? My agency says this media campaign was started by various different adoption agencies here in the states to "light a fire" under the Russian officials to get the program going again and it will take a little time to see if it works. I am so thankful though that I have met a family in Long Island that is in the same boat as I am in, so we commiserate together. They also are bringing home a little boy who is in the same group that my Pasha is in, he is absolutely adorable and I hope they remain friends when we both get them home.

I am asking anyone that is reading this to say a prayer that all the families who have been waiting so long to get their children home be granted that desire very, very soon. As soon as I have any other news, I will post it right away.

Love,
Jane

Another document

My agency called last week and told me the judge is asking for one more document; on my medical report it is stated that my hepatitis test is negative, Russia wants it to say I am both Hep B and Hep C negative, this is how picky they are! Well I got it done, notarized and off to Austin for apostille in less than a week, so Russia should have it by early next week. Hopefully this is the last thing they need before assigning a court date. I keep thinking as long as they keep asking for things, we are making progress. That's the latest.

Jane