The Last Train Out of Town

The following is posted from an email update dated Jan. 22nd:

Things went well at the Embassy.  Although Todd did not have a scheduled appointment as required, they let him fill out his necessary paperwork.

Praise God that we also obtained the "referral" with enough time to make the train to the children's city!  Thank you for your prayers.  God hears.  God answers.

We are now cozy in our new dwelling, and are preparing to head out in the morning to see the local Inspector who is to look over & reissue our referral from this region specifically.  Then he/she will go with us to the orphanage to view how we interact with Anya, Tanya, & Ruslan.  They want to ensure that we seem to be a healthy match for the children.  We will hopefully finally be able to spend some good time with them, as well.

Then comes a very exciting part of the adoption...the children will write their own official letter of consent that they want to be adopted by our family!

This will likely occur the following day as the Inspectors generally do not like to overwhelm the children with too much in one day.

Please pray that: -God continues to give us favor with all of those whom we are working with to complete the adoption
-Our local "referral" is issued without delay or hinderance
-A great "first" official meeting with Anya, Tanya, & Ruslan
-Learn to navigate the city without a driver
-We represent Christ well at all times.

Thank you.  We keep getting word from a friend here that Anya is so excited to see "her family".  It is so satisfying to the soul to hear that!