Progress?

As you may know, the adoption of my granddaughter, Sveta, has been stalled for a quite a while now. We have been (not-so-patiently) waiting for the process to move forward. We got news recently that progress may be made during the upcoming week. The in-country contact, known as "V", lives 6 hours by train outside the city. She does nearly all the legwork by phone and e-mail. However, this week "V" will be in the city and will be visiting the judge in person. We are hopeful face to face meetings will be far more effective than the phone and e-mail. Of course there is no guarantee this will speed the process, but it seems better than the shoddy communication the court seems to have with "V". In addition, "V" has a young child that recently had surgery. I'm sure she was more concerned with her own child than with her work in Sveta's adoption. Rightfully so. I don't blame the woman at all. However, the bottom line is the adoption (currently at a standstill) may soon move forward. This is our solemn prayer.