We received some great news from our attorney today. Our dossier has been translated and sent to the Ministry. Also, the social worker at the orphanage is going to notify the Ministry that Gertrude is now available for international adoption. The Ministry(of Family Affairs) is the department that matches the adoptive parents with a child. Once they have our dossier, and the social worker tells them the orphancourt decision was to allow her to be adopted abroad, they will officially match us with Gertrude. Then the documents will go to the orphancourt and they will set a court date. The dossier was translated in one week which is faster than I have ever heard of this being done! Usually it takes at least a week and a half, sometimes two weeks.
We talked w/Gertrude this morning and she was very quiet, and there were a lot of people talking in the background. She wasn't as excited and she didn't say much. We asked her about Halloween and if she is going to dress up. She said "yes" but we are not even sure they have Halloween there. We have received conflicting information on that. So, the ups and downs continue with our phone calls to Latvia! I'm sure she enjoys hearing from us though...it is just a nice reminder to her that she is loved. That is something she and all these kids over there really need. So, if we don't necessarily get that much out of each phone call, we believe that she does, and we are happy to brighten her day a little.
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