Paperwork and Prayer

So, all throughout this patience producing experience we have had a major headache with paperwork.  A completed dossier for a Ukrainian adoption is about 35 documents which all have to be notarized and apostilled (state verification of the notary).  We have had to complete and redo our dossier a total of 4 times for various reasons.  Every time we would get a phone call from our adoption worker, I would cringe and say, "What now?"  It has been a constant thorn in our side...and it will be removed in about 32 hours!  Our paperwork will be submitted on February 9 when the Ministry of Social Policy in Kyiv opens.  That will be at around 2am our time.  Once our paperwork is accepted, they can't require us to update or change anything.  It's like getting the final lap flag or a two minute warning.  It represents the end of the not-fun part of our journey.  We have been marking time by this date for more than 4 months...needless to say we are a bit anxious for Feb. 9 to get here!  It is very important for our paperwork to get approved the first time because we don't want to wait anymore :)  There are a few specific prayer requests for you to consider as Thursday morning approaches:

1. Pray that the worker viewing our paperwork will be in a good mood :)
2. Pray that the holes punched in our home study and amendments will not cause problems (I know it sounds silly, but it is actually a big problem).
3. Pray that the notary seals that have expired on two of our documents will not cause problems.
4. Pray that Konstantin will be successful in pleading our case to the adoption official.
5. Pray that they will be swift to offer us an appointment.

Tommorrow I will be in a constant state of prayer - especially from about 1pm on since the offices will be closed at that time and will be holding my future when they reopen.  We know that our Lord is in control and everything will happen in His time, but He has given us the power of prayer for a reason.  So, we will PRAY!  Thanks for joining your prayers with ours.  I will update as soon as I have word on Thursday.

"I will not leave you as orphans, I will come to you."  John 14:18