The piles of Paperwork

Since January 2006 we have been obtaining paperwork and more paperwork for our Dossier. Also we have been trying many different fundraisers to help offset some of the adoption costs. We were finally able to get our Dossier in the hands of the Ukrainian adoption coordinator (May 12th, 2006) just in time for the NAC (National Adoption Center) to close and for the new agency handling adoption to reopen and start accepting new Dossiers. So now we wait. Today we heard from an Ukrainian friend that the rumor floating around is that the Youth and Sports Ministry is not planning on reopening until at least July 1st, 2006. And there is no mention as to when they will be accepting new dossiers again. This comes to be very bad news for us and Anastasiya. Time goes by so slowly for children, we just hope she doesn't give up hoping.