The holiday obviously didn't help the mood of the MOE official, she failed to give Alma our docs on the 24th but is now assuring us that she will hand over the dossier to our agency on the 3rd of January!
She still tells us that she will give permission to travel in January and if our agency can finally get their hands on our dossier by the first or second week of January then we will still be able to make our flights on the 19th.
If she fails to keep her word this time then we may have to think about moving to another region in Kaz, we don't want to do this as Ust is now our 3rd region and we have become used to the idea of traveling there!
We leave it with the Lord and trust that He will overrule in this situation and the dossier will finally be in the hands of our agency workers soon.
Hope everyone had a happy Christmas and trust you all have a good new year.
We will report back as soon as we get any more info, which should be around the 3rd/4th Jan.
Philip & Amanda
Thursday 27 December 2007
Monday 17 December 2007
Fustration!
We have just heard from our agency that despite the MOE contact promising that she would hand over our dossier before she left on holiday at the weekend she has once again went back on her word and failed to hand it over!
She has promised to release it when she returns on the 24th December and again stated that she would give permission to travel in January but after the last 2-3months it is very difficult to take her seriously. We hope to find out by the 26th/27th if our documents are finally in the hands of our agency!
Putting a positive spin on things she has again confirmed to Alma that she will be giving us permission to travel out in January, our agency are also confident that it will happen then, it would have been nice however to have some confirmation of this before Christmas.
We believe that Gods plan for us is perfect and that the delays are only to ensure that we get the child that we are meant to have.
Still keeping the Faith!
Philip & Amanda
She has promised to release it when she returns on the 24th December and again stated that she would give permission to travel in January but after the last 2-3months it is very difficult to take her seriously. We hope to find out by the 26th/27th if our documents are finally in the hands of our agency!
Putting a positive spin on things she has again confirmed to Alma that she will be giving us permission to travel out in January, our agency are also confident that it will happen then, it would have been nice however to have some confirmation of this before Christmas.
We believe that Gods plan for us is perfect and that the delays are only to ensure that we get the child that we are meant to have.
Still keeping the Faith!
Philip & Amanda
Saturday 15 December 2007
Update
Looks like we need to wait a few days longer before we get confirmation that our dossier is in the hands of our agency, Alma is due to meet the MOE official on Saturday and she will hopefully hand over our documents then, we won't find out until Monday so we have another nervous wait over the weekend but we are confident it will finally happen this time.
Hopefully on Monday our agency will be able to tell us that they have our dossier and it is on its way out to Ust for our LOI.
Keep praying!!
Philip & Amanda
Hopefully on Monday our agency will be able to tell us that they have our dossier and it is on its way out to Ust for our LOI.
Keep praying!!
Philip & Amanda
Thursday 13 December 2007
Update
Quite a bit has happened since our last post, we changed our flights to the next available date which was the 25th December, yes Christmas day!
We also got a little more info on the reasons why we've been delayed for so long, apparently there has been tension between the Ust regional office of the MOE and the central office. The main MOE office has been keen to throw their weight around and prove peoples documents only travel as and when they say so!!
Our dossier is one of a bundle of five which is currently being 'held' by this office!
The positive news is that the MOE official who will release our documents has told our agency representative that she will give them to her before she leaves on a business trip at the weekend, the only provision she will put on the LOI is that we can't enter the country until the new year!
So by the end of this week we hope to have an actual firm date for our trip to Kazakhstan!!
Its not quite a Christmas miracle but a January miracle will do just fine!
Pray that the MOE official keeps her word and that our dossier is FINALLY in the hands of our agency by the weekend.
Pray for the other 4 families who are in the same situation as us.
We will post as soon as this happens, stay tuned....
Philip & Amanda
We also got a little more info on the reasons why we've been delayed for so long, apparently there has been tension between the Ust regional office of the MOE and the central office. The main MOE office has been keen to throw their weight around and prove peoples documents only travel as and when they say so!!
Our dossier is one of a bundle of five which is currently being 'held' by this office!
The positive news is that the MOE official who will release our documents has told our agency representative that she will give them to her before she leaves on a business trip at the weekend, the only provision she will put on the LOI is that we can't enter the country until the new year!
So by the end of this week we hope to have an actual firm date for our trip to Kazakhstan!!
Its not quite a Christmas miracle but a January miracle will do just fine!
Pray that the MOE official keeps her word and that our dossier is FINALLY in the hands of our agency by the weekend.
Pray for the other 4 families who are in the same situation as us.
We will post as soon as this happens, stay tuned....
Philip & Amanda
Friday 7 December 2007
Still waiting...
Its been almost a week since our last post but unfortunately we are no further forward!
On Monday I got an unwelcome birthday present, namely the news that even though our dossier has been signed off it still hasn't been sent to Ust.
Why you may ask! Good question but unfortunately not one that the MOE in Astana is prepared to answer!
The one piece of good news is that from now on our dossier and our LOI will be handled by our agency staff so once it moves it will be easy to keep track off.
Alma, our agency representative in Astana, will be calling with the MOE again in the morning to try once more to get our dossier released, we will let you know how she gets on.
Obviously we are not going to make our flights on the 11th, we now hope to be able to leave on the 22nd December.
At this stage we just want to be out there for Christmas, we have been prepared for the last 2 months to spend Christmas in Kazakhstan so we now can't imagine spending it here!!
Pray that Alma is successful tomorrow and gets our dossier released.
Philip & Amanda
On Monday I got an unwelcome birthday present, namely the news that even though our dossier has been signed off it still hasn't been sent to Ust.
Why you may ask! Good question but unfortunately not one that the MOE in Astana is prepared to answer!
The one piece of good news is that from now on our dossier and our LOI will be handled by our agency staff so once it moves it will be easy to keep track off.
Alma, our agency representative in Astana, will be calling with the MOE again in the morning to try once more to get our dossier released, we will let you know how she gets on.
Obviously we are not going to make our flights on the 11th, we now hope to be able to leave on the 22nd December.
At this stage we just want to be out there for Christmas, we have been prepared for the last 2 months to spend Christmas in Kazakhstan so we now can't imagine spending it here!!
Pray that Alma is successful tomorrow and gets our dossier released.
Philip & Amanda
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