NOVEMBER 2008 CON'T.

WEEK OF NOVEMBER 13th THROUGH NOVEMBER 30th

Well, I have not posted anything in the past two weeks because there really has not been anything new to report (sadly). I have been updating paperwork that had expired or was in the process of expiring, but that's about it. We are hoping to hear something very soon....

On a different note, the whole family is leaving for Chicago to spend Thanksgiving together. I am very excited about that. Mom is leaving on Tuesday and Mauri, Ana Maria and my Brother-in-Law Nelson and I are leaving on Wednesday night. We will be there until Saturday evening, until we have to take the place back to Miami. We are going to meet Claudia and Donnie's seven month old puppy. His name is Buddy. Well, wish us luck..... Until the next post.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!


WEEK OF NOVEMBER 10th THROUGH NOVEMBER 12th

We start the week with some news from another family that is traveling for court. They are the "I". They are leaving for Moscow on November 12th. Poor "T" they have made her crazy while getting ready to leave, Russia was requesting documents until the very last minute!!!! There were changes and changes.... It is unbelievable that they keep requesting more documents every time. If it was not enough all the paperwork that we have submitted so far..... but we have to do what they and we have no choice but to try to comply with everything they request, no matter how silly it might look to us. Well, "T" was informed yesterday, that there was a change in judges, she will be attending before a new lady judge, and that's not all, instead of one day court, they are going to have a 2 day court...... I feel for them... They had to pay a penalty and change their plane tickets, because they were coming back the day after court to wait out the 10-day period, and because of the 2 day court they had to change their return. Well, they left today, we pray and hope that their court dates go as smooth as they can be. Best Wishes "I" family :)

On a different note, I called our rep yesterday to ask her if she new anything as of why is Tver not following the same pattern that they had followed in the past. During this past year, Tver has been really good when it came to registering a family, after that the family would get their call a week to 2 weeks after they had been registered. Unfortunately with our friends the "G" and with us that has not happened. Our friends have been registered for a month and us for 2 weeks and we have not heard anything. Our rep says she does not know what it's going on. This is nerve wracking for us. The holidays are around the corner and we do not know if we are going to travel before the end of the year or not. We are in God's hands and in the MOE's hands, we can only pray that the MOE will give us the chance to travel, at least by early December. Mauri and I are more than ready and willing to go asap. We can only have faith and hope that we will hear good news soon...... Until next time......