Update

I wanted to take a few minutes to update you on our adoption.

As of today, nothing has changed in Novosibirsk. There is still a backlog of families waiting for their court dates to be set and completed. As a result, referrals have remained low on the priority list as they don't want to cause more work for an already overloaded system.

We are in a really good place as far as the adoption goes. While we would love to receive a referral, we also realize that it would be especially difficult if our daughter had to remain in the orphanage longer than we anticipated. For now, our prayers that God will provide caretakers that love and care for her will suffice. We know that He knows the beginning and the end, and He is not surprised at this slow down. We continue to trust that it will happen in His perfect timing, and until that day comes, He will continue to mold us into His likeness and prepare us for our daughter.

Please Lord, continue to give us patience while we let you work.

On another note, Adam and I have started taking Russian lessons. We had our first lesson last week, and it was really helpful. After just one lesson we are able to read Russian. Okay, I will admit that we don't know what we are reading most of the time, but nevertheless, we are really excited!

I need to get lunch started. I just had a coffee with very little food in my stomach, and am now getting the shakes. Not good!

Have a great day and until I write again, das-vi-dan-ya. (That is the English phonetic spelling for goodbye in Russian).