We're taking the afternoon off from the orphanage to catch up on work, email and grocery shopping. Every errand and activity requires so much more time and energy here – we are taking cabs and buses (and walking) everywhere, for example. Finding a place to eat has been a real challenge, despite our picture 'cheat sheet' – a laminated card with cartoons of different foods. We can go to a pizza place and point to the toppings we want. Pathetic, I know – but effective. Since Sherri has been sick twice already, we're opting for the 'better safe than sorry' in knowing what we're eating.Tomorrow is sounding like a busy day of bureaucracy. We first have to find a notary to generate a new power of attorney for our facilitator so she can get work done on our behalf. There's only one catch—apparently anyone who uses the notary is supposed to have a government number, which, of course, we don't. In other regions, there are notaries who ignore this requirement, but since foreigners adopting is not common here, we may have to take a 6 hour bus ride back to Kiev to get things done. The fun begins!
We were pleased to hear that two of Peter's classmates are also in the process of being adopted—both by Ukrainian families. The first little boy leaves on Monday. We were told today that we are the first foreigners to adopt from this orphanage in 5 years!!
We hope to be able to post again by mid week.
5 comments:
Congratulations! I hope the administrative tasks go smoothly.
Warm hellos to Peter! From one family of book lovers to another, we hope to get to meet you very soon!
Max has given Peter the thumbs up...I see a chin up contest in their future.
Aunt Lori
Such great news to start a Monday morning!
Janiece
He is adorable! We are still praying for yall and hope that everything goes smoothly so you can all come home soon!
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