- 2/1/2008 8:11:48 PM3rd Week of Unbearable WaitingI wish there was more news to report. Earlier in the week, I called both Val and Lisa to get an update on our trip. As it turns out, there is not too much to report. At this point, for us any news is good news - so here is our "any news"...
It seems our case has been assigned to a judge, but as of yet no court date has been set. From what we understand, it is the rule, law or general operating procedure that once the court receives our paperwork we will be assigned a court date for some time in the future within the next 30 days. Our paperwork was received on January 9th, 2008. My quick math tells me that we should know something soon. Of course "soon" is a relative term.
In the mean time, there are signatures to gather. Yuri has relatives and they must be located and "sign off" on the adoption. We asked Val, "what if they can't locate them?". Val replied with assurance, "they'll find them". I've heard some stories of other people's experiences during the days leading up to court. It seems that when it comes down to crunch time, the Lighthouse people are like a well oiled machine. Click-Zoom-Bang!
We are ready to go. Now.
Carrying this much anxiety for so long is becoming very draining. You can only stay at a high level of emotional readiness for so long. Then exhaustion sets in. This is another reason I am thankful for the weekend. While it is sad when the end of Friday comes and there has been no call, it also means I can find some mental rest knowing that "the call" will not likely come until (at the earliest) Monday.
In the meantime, we wait and pray. There is so much to pray about. I find that it is much easier to pray when there is nothing else to do and it is way too cold to go out side. Take a look at the picture below. I took this picture from my front porch on Wednesday. Yes, that's right... -12 F. What the picture doesn't tell you is that the wind chill was -30 F. Burrrrr. Perhaps this is God's way of preparing us for Moscow.
