New information about our case has been slow to come and that’s been pretty frustrating. Our attorney has been so busy and stressed that she hasn’t taken the time to keep us updated. When we’ve attempted to ask for status, she has replied to say she’s been very busy and does not have time to explain what is happening. All Rob and I want at this point is the assurance that our case is getting the appropriate amount of attention. We don’t want our paperwork collecting dust on someone’s desk somewhere.
We finally sent our attorney a polite but very firm email to ask why our case is taking so long and to find out exactly what we are waiting on now. Other adoptive families are coming and going for their court dates, while we’re still sitting in limbo. We tried to explain to her that we simply need answers which will help us make certain decisions on our end. Some of her prior responses to our questions almost made it seem like we were bothering her. This was frustrating also because we were purposely making every attempt to limit our questions and emails so we don’t bombard her too much. Rob and I tried to remind ourselves that there is lots of room for misinterpretation in emails anyway and the language barrier doesn’t help. Still, it’s hard not to take certain comments personally at times.
Anyway, our email hit home and our attorney was very kind in her response. She basically apologized and confessed that she was hesitant about giving us any information because of the problems we experienced when we got our court dates assigned prematurely back in October. So instead she opted to tell us nothing, which only fueled our frustration. She said she only wants to give us “concrete” information. This time she told us that there is a court date scheduled next week to officially clear Kristine for international adoption. Well, why didn’t you tell us that before??!!! (whining here). At least now we know why we are waiting. That’s all we want. We appreciated her honesty and expressed to her how grateful we are for everything she’s doing for us. She truly is a good person at heart, just stressed.
Our attorney also suggested that we might want to consider hosting Kristine at Christmas. She can’t tell us whether we’ll be traveling before or after Christmas. As you can imagine, all of the fees associated with the adoption and hosting are adding up and we have to make our money last. There are so many “what if’s.” Rob and I had pretty much ruled out being able to afford hosting Kristine for Christmas. The thought of Olegs being here while she stayed in Latvia was tough to bear, but that’s just how it had to be. That is, until we received an email telling us that some donations had been made to Simple Obedience in our name to help with our hosting expenses. The total amounts donated have been enough to drop the hosting cost significantly. We can now afford to host Kristine too!! Happy tears started flowing when we got this news. God is SO good! Things like this don’t just happen. This was divine intervention at work here. If you are one of the ones who donated, please know that words just can’t express our gratitude for your generosity. We pray the Lord will bless you abundantly for your kindness!
We’re praying that by some miracle we’ll be able to travel to Latvia in early December so we can return before the hosting group comes. When we are in Latvia for our first court sessions, Kristine will need to stay with us so the Latvian social worker can make observation visits. If the timing of our travel & hosting dates doesn't initially work out exactly right, it looks like we’ll have the option of changing the dates of Kristine's plane ticket. Rob and I decided we're not gonna stress about it because there’s nothing we can do to change the timing of things. We are just trusting that everything will work out.
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