The wait continues and yes, like we we’re forewarned by other families, it’s emotionally difficult.  We’re constantly checking our emails and waiting for the phone to ring.  It seems like our lives are at a standstill right now.  We’ve been coping and trying to stay busy.

The last three weeks consisted of more paper chasing.  We were informed by our agency on January 10th that our Letter of Invitation could not be released because we needed power of attorneys for our representatives in Kazakhstan.  They provided us the letters and got them notarized and apostilled.  Our frustrations are building up.  It has been almost a year since we started the process.  We’ve already had to redo some of our paperwork because they are only valid for a year.  Our homestudy expires in February.  We’ve contacted our social worker, Bridget.  Fortunately, it’s not as cumbersome as we expected.  She said she just needed to update our financial information and submit it to WHFC.

We have a meeting with our agency on Monday.  We’re hoping to get an update that we can share with everyone.  So until next week…

Thank you for keeping us in your prayers.

Joel & Gen