We all showed up at court, only to hear that no one from the Ministry of Education had come. And so, not surprisingly, the judge postponed the hearing for a week. I see this all now as directed by our God. So much happened during that week that needed to happen� God is so wise and perfect in His timing.
On one front the judge was already biased against the case and against me (nothing personal, mind you�I�m just an American. The War with Iraq didn�t help much.). He was angry with the Ministry of Education for alleged infractions of the law. A recent law determined that Tanya�s name should have been removed from the orphan data bank when she came under Natasha�s guardianship. Also, many officials were asking Natasha and I to hide the fact that Tanya had been living with me, not her legal guardian. I couldn�t think to do such a thing�the truth would come out one way or the other, I�d rather volunteer it up front! Some were asking Natasha to create pre-dated documents to cover trails. It was pretty ugly. We conferred together and determined to remain true to God and to the law of this land. We�d done everything legally and honestly up to this point, no reason to stop now.
