Well, today we had our adoption court hearing. The judge GRANTED the adoption, but, she did not waive our 10 day wait:-(. So, unfortunately, we will not be allowed to leave Murmansk until the 12th of May. I am so sad to leave my kids at home for so long!!! However, it is not in our hands.
We did a great job pleading our case and even the prosecutor asked the 10 days to be waived. It was the decision of the judge, that since the Supreme Court ruled that no region will waive the 10 days, unless the child is in need of immediate life saving medical treatment, she would not go against the Russian Federation's new ruling. So, we are stuck here until it is up. The judge did agree to allow us to take Katie Aunna to our hotel immediately, unless the orphanage director has an objection.
We are hoping tomorrow she will not object and we can have her with us. Going to the orphanage daily for the next two weeks would be a drag. Please pray for the director to allow us to take Katie to our hotel tomorrow. I will let everyone know. I feel so horrible that we must be away from our children, Kisty is stuck there without relief, our jobs at home will need to operate without us, and the extra expense is on us. This new ruling is a real hardship on the adoptive families. However, it could have been worse as the other couple must chase down extra documents from over here and did not get their adoption finalized today. So, I am thankful to God for the finalization of our adoption. I will write more tomorrow and add some pictures!!!
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