Perhaps December

We called the SDA office in Ukraine again yesterday morning. After dialing for over 30 continuous minutes, we finally had a person on the other end of the line. Unfortunately, she couldn't give us any specific information. She said again, "Your appointment will likely be in December". She also mentioned that the December appointments won't be sheduled for about two weeks and we should call again then.

We discovered that our registration number is a mere 23 numbers after the last appointment scheduled for November. This gives us great hope that our appointment will be in early December. (The SDA has processed groups of about 300 registration numbers per month.)

So, we will wait a few more days and then make the call again.

Phone Call to Ukraine

We made a phone call to Ukraine this morning. As Ukraine is seven hours ahead of us, we decided to call early. So, at about 4:15 am our time, we were dialing. The first try was unsuccessful, the line was busy. The second to the sixth times didn't work either. But, on the seventh try, we had someone on the other end of the line.

We were told that given our registration number, our appointment will likely be in December. We also learned that the November appointments will not be posted until next Friday, the 27th. We were instructed to call again on that date.

Thankfully, the person with whom we spoke was very pleasant and spoke English very well.

Please continue to pray. And thank you for the prayers thus far.

Encouraging Email from Ukraine

We received the following e-mail from our state-side facilitators who happen to be in Ukraine today......

" PRAISE THE LORD!!! One of the ladies who worked that the shelter that I know is now working in the adoption center. She has asked Gayla to give her all your registration numbers and she will help us with referrals!!
This is certainly God talking care of us. Get on your knees right now and say a prayer of thanksgiving!

Be home Friday.

Love, [XXXXX] "


Earlier this week we received this via e-mail:
"Dear All,

Just a quick note to let you know that according to our sources here the AC will post after October 12th the new list of names for the next set of appointments.

You may or may not get anything in the mail but our girls will be checking for your names and they will let us know.

Love you all,
[XXXXXXX]"

Both e-mails are very encouraging. Perhaps we will know within a few days as to when we will be able to go.

Joe