waiting for judge

Our caseworker just got in touch with us. She has taken the forms we faxed her and faxed them along to our facilitator in Russia, who will show them to the judge - hopefully right away tomorrow (and it is almost tomorrow in Russia). He will tell her if our forms are acceptable or whether we need something else.

Also, the judge wants verification that under Canadian law, adopted children have the same rights and status as biological children. Apparently the judge knows that this is true for the U.S. but, seeing Rob's Canadian passport, he has started wondering about Canada. We may need to request a letter from the Canadian Embassy in Moscow as there does not appear to be a specific "law" that says this, per se. We shall see. There will hopefully be more info on that tomorrow too.

Thanks for your prayers. I think I aged about a year today, but without God's upholding me I know it would have been much worse.

I'd also like to send out a special thank you to our attorney friend Brian who signed our form today, and my friend Kevin in D.C. who has offered to do any needed legwork there if it's needed. People like you - and so many of you I've mentioned before or thanked personally - are going to be stars in Meredith's life story.