- 5/30/2007 1:34:37 PMNotery at noonThis afternoon we went to see the notary in Lena. We had a fairly large stack of papers to sign and it took a while to get through them all. I remember thinking how nice it was to have notary public available in our small town. There was no waiting in line, no nasty looks or faces by disgruntled workers - just a very polite smile an a willingness to help.
The town Sheriff was off today so our safety was being guarded by a part time officer. He was very helpful too. We asked them to create a report of all of our recorded criminal activity so that we could submit it to the adoption agency and Russian government. The officer asked us, "who are you?". It is some what comforting to know that the local law enforcement does not know you. He said, "I don't see your name in the computer anywhere." That was a good feeling.
The report from the police station was short. It basically said, "they have no criminal record". Whew! One more step in the process is complete.
