Day 18

We spent a good amount of the day waiting to hear back from Marsha on her meeting with the judge. It seemed she was in the court house for a few hours. The judge she spoke with would not agree to waive the 10 day waiting period as in the past doing so has caused problems for them. But Marsha is going to try again on Monday and is going to mention that a European Convention suggests waiving such waiting periods for the sake of the children. The court hearing date is next Thursday at 3pm local (8am ET). We also visited Gela today. Our visits are become more and more relaxed. While she is definitely happy to see us, she feels more comfortable with us and her play reflects that. Tomorrow we will be visiting Vicka and will be meeting with her great-aunt. We are asking the aunt to give us her blessing and tell Vicka that it is okay to go to America. The camp that Vicka is in ends next week on Monday or Tuesday, so we should begin visiting her daily and that will greatly improve the transition into our family.