Making the Blog Public Again

Well, first - as you probably realized if you were not prompted to log in - we made the blog public again. The crazy lady from Kaz that was stalking us adopted a child and so she is probably no longer interested in making our lives miserable. Also, things have settled down and I doubt any "officials" in Kaz are reading it any longer, but if something occurs and I have to go private again...it is just the click of a button. For now I want to share our joy with the world.

There are still so many things we don't know and we have so many questions, but the communication skills of our agency are awful. Getting information is like trying to break into Fort Knox. Naturally, we wonder if she showed up. If she did...what occured? I will have to wait for the details until I get to Kazakhstan and can drill Almagul for the whole story. All that matters is that her rights are being deprived and Stephen is ours forevermore. Not quite "officially" yet, but we are in the home stretch. As I said in my earlier post...it will be about 3 weeks for the court to finalize the deprevation of her rights. We were told that everything is then forwarded to the Ministry of Education (Axana) and that they are going to do all they can to expedite our case. I want to fly in - get our son - and fly out.

I'll keep you all posted.

AMEN! AMEN! AMEN!

Praise the Lord! Inna is being deprived of her rights!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She gave birth to the other baby, but we do not know girl/boy or if the baby is healthy. It is going to be about three weeks to finalize the deprivation of her rights for both children (the newborn baby is already in the orphanage...she didn't waste much time!). Joe had no intentions of adopting two babies...but maybe my womanly persuasive powers will change his mind - lol!

I wish I could go and get Stephen tomorrow!!! However, we can be patient a little while longer so long as he will be our son forever and ever! Thank you God!!! Thank you for giving us our son forevermore!!!

Communication?!? What's THAT?

Supposedly, court took place in Kazakhstan yesterday (now that it is after midnight in Kaz). WE HAVE NO INFORMATION! Our agency does not know what transpired and can't get a hold of Almagul or Nigmat! I am sooooooooooooooo sick and tired of the passivity of our agency! Everyone in Kazakhstan is passive too - they walk around with the mentality that "life happens to you" and therefore their mantra is "Whatever...if it is meant to be..." BLAH, BLAH, BLAH! Sickening!

Another Item on E-Bay for Auction!

Depressed

I am feeling pretty low. I miss our boy more than I could express. I also found out today that I need to move from my classroom to another and I am changing grade levels (I am currently teaching all 7th grade, but now I may be all 6th). I feel pretty upset about the change of my room and grade level. If I never went out on family leave this wouldn't be happening, but the woman who took over as MY sub is now moving into MY room and probably will teach what I was teaching! How can that not annoy me? Furthermore, I am VERY flexible...I will coteach with almost anyone and I don't really mind being on two grade levels, but my ONE request was to NOT be in the 6th grade! I just don't understand. I am really sick and tired of one crappy thing after the other happening. I could go on and on, but I hate whining or having a pity party so I am just going to stop here.