Neverending story

Vacya and I had a good weekend together. He had a good time hanging out with Shelby's kids in the small 2-bedroom apartment that all 9 of us are staying in. He really loved the Nintendo DS that we brought for him. He likes playing Mariokart with Shelby's boys, who each have a DS also. On Sunday all of the kids from his class at the orphanage came to church, then we had a little good-bye party for Vacya afterwards. The kids had lasagne for the first time and really seemed to like it.

Unfortunately it wasn't really good-bye that day because we still don't have our paperwork from the appeals court so Vacya had to go back to the orphanage Sunday night. The judge at the appeals court told us that the paperwork should be done within 5 days, but it's already been 7 working days and the documents still have not been prepared. It would be really nice if at least one step of this process could go smoothly and quickly, but apparently this particular step is not. Shelby and I went to the appeals court today to ask about our case, but it still has not been prepared. The girl we talked to said to come back tomorrow to check, so hopefully they will have worked on it. Once they finish it, it will still have to be sent by courier to our court so that they can prepare another document which will allow me to go get Vacya from the orphanage for good. Then of course there are still the birth certificate, passport, medical exam, and US visa to get. I'm really hoping to be home within 2 more weeks or so, but at this rate I have no idea how many more delays we're going to have.

Please continue to pray that things will be completed quickly so that we can come home. It's even harder now that Joe's not here with me, but luckily Shelby is still around to try to keep me from going crazy :) They have been having trouble getting their Russian visas, so they're playing a waiting game right now too. I'm sure they would appreciate your prayers as well.