The birthmother, the attorney, Ryan, and various Bethany staff headed to court today. The only problem was that there was no judge or staff present in the court that has jurisdiction over our case. Ryan said every other court was open today, except the one dealing with our issue.

Evidently, today wasn’t a total loss in that it gave the legal staff an opportunity to get all the paperwork in better order for tomorrow. Always with a plan, everyone will meet again at 9 am at the court to give it a go again and once again, our embassy contact has said that she will process the visa tomorrow if we get to that step.

The birthmother is wanting to meet with Julia so that is on the docket for after court as well tomorrow. I am not sure how I will approach the situation, but I am praying for grace and mercy for all. Ryan and Mikonnen have now had several encounters with her and I think that will make things easier.

Ryan, Julia, and I were able to go out for a late lunch and did a little bit of strolling through a market and stocked up on diapers and baby food. It was good to get out by ourselves for awhile. I think we are both taking things in stride, but are always very eager to get home as soon as possible.

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