Our Christmas Miracle!

Yesterday night, after a lovely Christmas Eve dinner, we called Sveta and she gave us the best gift yet. We found out that the registration number for our visas was issued! This means that we are officially out of Kazakhstan in terms of getting back to Ava. All that is left is for the embassy in Washington DC to issue our visas. We're expecting this to happen the first week in January, which means we'll be off the 1st or 2nd week in January. Thank you all for your persistence in praying for our little Ava in this long and complicated journey to bring her home.

Sweet Ava Darina, mommy and daddy are coming back to you so very soon! We love you so much!

We wish you all a very Merry Christmas and we hope it is a special time with your family to reflect on God's greatest gift to us, Jesus.

Almost There...

Well the last and final step is for Astana to transmit our LOI registration number to Washington DC so our visas can be issued. This past week we fought some holidays in KAZ and we're uncertain about the productivity of the KAZ embassy in DC during our upcoming holidays. There's still a chance we get our visas this coming week if Astana does what they need to do on Monday or Tuesday. Please join us in praying for the upcoming week! Thank you all for your support.

Ava Update: Sveta was able to see Ava yesterday and reports that she is doing well. She is the favorite among her new caretakers because she's the best listener. What a good little girl we have!

Finally

We finally got the signature we had been waiting weeks for and it looks like we will be leaving within a day or two before or after Christmas.

Oh how we can't wait to hold you sweet Ava!

Next week should be the week that we get our visas. Pray Please. As always, we'll update as soon as we have news.