Very few things

I'm sure everyone who adopts internationally goes through the same thing.  At some point in the process there is nothing you can do but pray -- though you do that all along.

1. We are waiting on some unknown person at the SDA to schedule a date.  We hope he will pick up our document, accept it, and schedule us an appointment.  We pray we will know this Friday that the appointment is on or before Nov 24th.  This date is what is required for us to be able to complete the adoption this year and in one trip.

2. We are waiting on a collection in parliament to vote to suspend adoptions.  Pleading and praying for a miracle happens where the final draft of the people is done to allow the needed adoption program changes to be made without delaying the adoption process.  I know this is possible but unknown hearts need to be changed to be willing for it to happen.  We also hope that the bill doesn't pass at all while knowing that there are things that do need to change and will have to change sometimes.

3. We are waiting on our on gov't to proactively drive the required bi-lateral agreement with Ukraine that will keep adoptions open.  There are a very few things we can do here but it is a big political machine.