Stahlke Adoption

The Appointment is Set, But Unknown

Jonathan telephoned Masha this morning, who told him that she had spoken yesterday with the SDA staff member in charge of scheduling. The woman told her the good news--she had signed off on our paperwork and appointment date and forwarded everything to the SDA director.

Masha asked the staff member for our appointment date, but due to the large volume of paperwork that passes through her office, the woman could not remember the details of our case. She told Masha that the final paperwork and invitation would be available for pickup next week.

Since we signed over power of attorney to Masha, she will make the five-hour trip to Kyiv next Monday and collect the documents for us. When we know the date, we will immediately purchase our airline tickets. A good friend has offered us enough frequent flyer miles for all three airline tickets. The issue, however, is that for any given flight, only a few seats are reserved for such redemption of miles. So . . . we will telephone Masha again next Monday, in hopes of hearing the date and booking our tickets.

The really good news from this morning's telephone call is that our dossier is in good order and has been approved.

posted by Stahlkes @ 7:10 PM