Fight or Flight

Two posts in one day.  What is the reason?

Well, as you know we have been back in Kiev for 9 days.  Waiting out the system.  Today was the day that we were hopeful that we would get our long awaited 3rd appointment.  Or at the very least, find out when this appointment would be.  We honestly didn't expect to get our appointment today, but we thought tomorrow was a realistic option.

Anyway, we got the phone call this morning that our paperwork had finally made its way back to the office at the SDA which set the appointments.  BUT now follow this, we are the only family seeking an appointment this week so therefore they will not issue any appointments for the week.  So when will we have our appointment?  Monday at 10am.  Now here is the kicker, next week is a holiday here in Ukraine.  That means that everything will be closed next Thursday through Sunday.  Which means that actually obtaining our referral, traveling to meet our child, asking her if she would like to be part of our family, petitioning the SDA and the court will all need to happen by Wednesday or we will be sitting for yet another week.

So, in desperation I start begging the young lady responsible for the appointments.  No luck!  We go on to ask if there is anyway that we could also try to get our actual referral on Monday in light of the holiday.  She offered a little glimpse of compassion in saying that if the SDA directors authorizes it then yes.  We sign her book and she goes on her way.

I then ask our facilitator if there is anyone else who we can talk to.  She said she could call the director and explain the situation and see what can be done.  She makes the call and of course the director is out sick today.  But she tells us to call back in one hour, still hope.  We call back in one hour and the answer is still Monday, since the director is the only person who can over ride the "keeper of the appointments."  I told our facilitator that I would like her to call again tomorrow and see if the director is back and to please keep trying.  So we will keep fighting.

We haven't been around the adoption block before but I am pretty sure this is a new one to most all of you veterans.  Starting to wonder what we have done wrong that is causing this.  We have prayed, stood, fought, begged, appealed.  I don't know what else to do in order break through this process.  I know God has a plan, but can we please, please have a glimmer of hope that we will get through this process.

Anyway...we are now praying for our own little miracle of an appointment where there is no appointment.