Bad News from the NAC

Just when we thought things were looking up, the NAC has now decided to not grant us permission to visit the children until our notarized, apostilled copies arrive from the US. Kostya was at the NAC for over an hour trying to convince them otherwise, with our approval from immigration for the increased number of kids, as well as documentation from the Embassy indicating the increase was based on receiving an appropriate addendum. Apparently, the NAC officers who issue permission to visit children showed him another family’s documents that were in a similar situation as us. They had been approved for 2 children, chosen 3, and were first granted permission to visit their children after all documents had arrived from the US.

So, now we have to wait for FedEx to arrive. It won’t likely be here until Monday or Tuesday, meaning we won’t be able to see the kids until Wednesday or Thursday. Over a week of just waiting, with nothing to do.

We have two thoughts – one – if anyone happens to be flying from Boise to Kiev, they could hand carry the documents – that would save us a couple of days. Or two, that we actually fly home for the week. We could see the kids, celebrate Anabella’s 2nd birthday, get work done on the house and prepare for bringing home the children, and fly back when all the paperwork is done and finally accepted.

We talked to John’s mom tonight, and she suggested we come home as well. Before she suggested it, we had discussed it, but there are several concerns we have…First of all there is the cost involved. Secondly, we will be flying a total of 4 days, with 4 days at home. There is also the challenge of making plane reservations from here in Ukraine – all of the online ticketing sites we typically search won’t issue tickets outside the US. But, maybe it would be worth it.

We don’t know what to do. We have about gone out of our minds over the last 4 days with nothing to do. Looking forward to another 8 days like that hardly seems doable. Kostya has invited us to his home, and while that would be very nice, it still would likely be a very long 8 days.

Please pray that we will know what direction to take. I am leaning towards coming home, but I know a lot of that right now is because I miss my kids and would love to see them….

Unsure how to proceed,

Kristen