Hague Convention News

I spoke with someone today at the US Embassy (I couldn't wait for the lawyer's call) and got the official word that the US is not party to the terms of the Hague Convention. That is awesome news for us and alleviates the concern the judge had yesterday.

So what now...

The woman at the embassy said she needed to locate the document she prepared on this matter. Then she will be faxing it to the court and mailing off the original. We are not positive what the exact next step will be with the judge...if he is able to simply sign off on the adoption, if a hearing is necessary, or what.

I also spoke with the kids' case worker (Sylwia) today. After we left yesterday she spoke with the judge again. He evidently reiterated that he only needed this one document to clear the whole matter up. And it looks like we have it!!

So, we do the all-too-familiar thing we have learned to do throughout the course of this last year...we wait and we pray. Thank you for being with us as we do so!