From left to right, Vova II, Sasha, Our Vova, Herman' and Andre
Today we actually switched apartments. We are no longer in the "love palace" nor next to the "elevator from hell". We are in a nice apartment above an Irish pub which has great food, great beer and is directly across from the market. Much better location.
Well, we continue to run into some roadblocks. Today, we arrived at the orphange late, around 2:30 p.m. The director had instructed the staff that we were no longer allowed to go into the childrens rooms and see other children. So, Vova and Anya (the daughter our friends are adopting) were brought down to a room to visit with us. We showed Vova the video Corey put together for the fundraiser and he reallly liked that. Afterwards, however, we accompanyed Vova, his best buds and some other kids from the orphanage to see the Circus which was in town. We walked about three miles to get to the Circus.
Okay, so it is not Barnum & Bailey, but it was actually reallly good and the kids loved it.
Afterwards, we all walked back to the orphanage. I took a few photos of Vova and his buds along the way.
Andre', Vova, Herman' and Vova II
Andre' and Herman'
Tomorrow we are going to a church which was started by Christian missionaries from Michigan and who support the orphanage. Looking forward to it. Should be interesting. Monday, the clock continues to run on the 10 day window the director has to sign the adoption papers. Started Wednesday. It appears his signature is more important that I had originally thought. Please keep our family and Vova in your prayers, and specifically pray that the Director approves our adoption. Thanks
Jake and Judi
All I heard was you were in an apartment above an Irish pub.. that's gotta be a dream come true. I don't remember the Irish pub when we were there? Weather looks good there.. any chance we can skype soon?
ReplyDeleteYep. We need to talk about some stuff. How about 10:00 or 11:00 pm. tomorrow? That is 3:00 or 4:00 pm your time. Just let us know. Miss you guys
DeleteHey-will keep my computer on if you all can skype...Dave forgets-the Irish pub is where they serve horse meat...we ate there often. Have you been to the pizza place yet? They had great breakfasts. dying to talk to you all...a little confused as to where you are in the process.
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