Glimmer of Hope!

After a couple of days where we went from thinking we may have Dima home before the end of the year to maybe February/March, we have a glimmer of hope!!! We are still waiting for the golden ticket from Homeland Security that will get Dima into our country when we bring him home. All the families that are around our time frame of going to the Ukraine have been working hard trying to get some answers. At one point we heard that Homeland Security was looking at about 10 weeks to send us our letter!!! That would mean we wouldn't hear from them until December! So heartbreaking! We also talked to David, our adoption agent, and he mentioned last year the Ukraine stopped accepting submissions from the end of November until the beginning of February. I don't know if that's because of the holidays and winter weather or what?? That would have put us into February to send our last bit of paperwork into the Ukraine and then wait again for a date to go to the Ukraine! Wow, what a blow!!! So, after a few days of praying and praying, Dusty was able to get some answers from Homeland Security and found out we were assigned an officer and actually had a name and number to call!! As of now he left her a message to call us back so we can find out more information for us and future families to see what the timeline. This will help other families to plan better. I can totally understand wanting to know everything as this not knowing kills me!!! From what we understand, once we are assigned an officer, it has taken a few weeks to get back the letter. Hopefully we will be able to talk to the officer to find out more information. What an emotional roller coaster ride!!!!