Good News on Accreditation!

I received an email form our agency this morning with very good news! The following is it.....

Breaking news from Russia!!!!

Update on accreditation in Russia!!

Agency XYZ is happy to announce that our representative general is invited to the Ministry of Education to receive the accreditation this Friday, December 21, 2007! As soon as we receive the documents (order from the Ministry of Education and the Accreditation certificate) we will publish this on our website. Please visit us again soon for the update.

This is so encouraging for the families (like us) who are waiting! It means that hopefully those waiting for court dates will get them quickly, because we are accredited, and that things may move along more quickly in Russia now that we are officially accredited in the country.

What does this mean for us? Nothing yet...but we are planning on preparing ourselves behind the scenes over the next few months. We will be completing the last module of our adoption education next week, while Chris has some time off. We will also be scheduling an appointment with our pediatrician (who adopted 5 children from Russia), to have a consultation of what to look for in country and what he tests for on the return home. We will also be contacting an physician specialist trained in international adoption. Either through Vanderbilt, or another recommendation. Just so that we have that set up. Finally, we will be finding a good local travel agent so we are ready when it comes time for that first trip!

Finally, we are planning on taking an area a week and further child proofing it for the addition of our new children. I think we will be starting with the homeschool room, and all the wires etc that are under the computer desk. Just little things once a week in each room...will seem less overwhelming.

So, that's the news today! We are thrilled to hear about our agency...and feel we can finally take some steps forward in the adoption process!