Спасибо!

Thanks for all the prayers, comments, emails, and calls yesterday. It is great to know that so many people are with us on this journey.

Yesterday brought bad news and good news. While we still have not received our approval, we have definitely made some progress. A big thank you goes out to Julie Nolte - your comment on the blog yesterday inspired me to do some digging. I didn't have an email address or phone number to check on status, but after asking around I got what I needed and was able to send an email and leave a voice mail. The lady called me back yesterday afternoon around 4:30.

Bad News... Apparently our application had gotten overlooked and has not been processed.

Good News... The wonderful lady that returned my call found it and is going to have it completed by the end of the week. She said we can come there and pick it up.

So Zack plans to get it from USCIS and will meet our coordinator to give her the last 2 documents. She'll then take them downtown & have them apostilled (makes them official/legal in other countries). There is another couple leaving early next week for Ukraine, and they will hand deliver the documents to our translator/facilitator so she can complete our dossier and have it ready to submit.

Today's Really Good News!... Our facilitator may be able to submit our dossier to SDA in Ukraine on May 7 (a lot sooner than expected!). There are always things that could happen between now and then to delay things, but this is very encouraging news.

Please be praying that everything goes smoothly and this milestone is met as expected.