No News

Everyone is asking the same question, "Have you heard anything yet?" The answer is no. Last week, the official offices were closed for New Years and then Orthodox Christmas was celebrated yesterday, so Ukraine is slap-dab in the middle of the holidays. Technically, the government is supposed to reopen today (01/08/08), however we were told that like most of us here in the US, many people take-off the entire week of Christmas. We really aren't expecting to hear anything until next week sometime.

At this point, we don't even know whether or not our letter was submitted yet. I contacted Kate at America World the end of last week, and she stated that she had e-mailed Yuri about this very topic because she couldn't tell from his e-mail whether or not he had been able to submit our letter before holiday shutdown. We'll just keep on praying!

On Saturday, Jason and I went to the doctor in order to re-do our medical testing. We had to be tested for syphilis, Hepatitis, HIV, and TB. Last time, it took a week or so for the results to come-in, however when we went yesterday to have our TB test looked-at, the results were in! We also requested our updated criminal background check yesterday, so we expect those results next week. Fortunately, the people at the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation are usually pretty quick with the checks and are VERY cooperative with getting it notarized and mailed in a timely manner! It looks like things are moving right along with having to re-do documents for our dossier, so once again - GOD ANSWERS PRAYERS!