Reaccreditation!

Praise God! Reaccreditation is finally here! We received the following email on Wednesday:

"It is with great joy that I share with you that America World's partner agency in Russia has received reaccreditation! They will be issued the official license tommorrow. We are praising God for this news after such a long and difficult wait. We expect that it may take a couple weeks before all the official documentation is completed in order for all processes to be fullly functioning such as dossier submission, referrals, and receipt of court dates. We will keep you updated as we have news. Thank you for your patience over the past 14 months as we have awaited reaccreditation."

Our family coordinator called yesterday to make sure we had received this incredible news. She said they still don't really know how long it's going to take to get dossiers from families turned in, and to start receiving referrals. But she was hopeful that it could start moving more quickly.

Thank you for praying with us during this long reaccreditation wait. We covet your prayers as we continue to wait for news about the child God has for us!

More (potential) great news

I figured it would be awhile before I had any new reaccreditation news to report after my last post. But we got another great e-mail from our agency today!

America World got news today that our partner agency (through whom we will complete our adoption on Russia's end) has received approval from all of the various ministries in Russia, and the approvals are currently at the Ministry of Education. This is the final step on the road to reaccreditation! The exact time frame is unknown, though they are suggesting it might be as quickly as just a few weeks. However, we are not getting our hopes up, as timing often changes there.

Once the reaccreditation is granted, it might still be a few more weeks for all of the paperwork to be official. This is happening so much faster than we had dared to dream, and I'm sure it's due in no small part to the prayers of waiting adoptive parents (and our families and friends!) around the country.

Please continue to pray, and we'll update you as we hear more.