5 days in and lots to share

We arrived here just 6 days shop and it has been a great time to catch up with some old friends here. We have also made some new ones. Rex, the dog, is an old friend that stands guard at the gate and still comes to me for a scratch when I call him. Staying in the orphanage certainly had its advantages: we get to spend most of the day with our soon to be son, we save on taxis and they feed us VERY well! It seems that as we are just beginning to digest one meal, the next one is coming. We have made to trips to the store, mainly to get more water- you can't drink the tap water or brush your teeth with it. Thankfully it is cheap...a 6 pack off 1.5 L bottles is less than $2! There is a new cafe that just opened across the street and really they only have drinks, but we walled over yesterday and bought a 1 L bottle of Lipton peach tea and a .5L of Pepsi for $1. I was talking to my son about it and how I REALLY wanted a coke and all they had was Pepsi, blah, blah, blah. He said "Mom? Mom, mom, mom..." ***pause for effect*** "...First world problems." That was too funny, but he was right! We are here to adopt a kid that doesn't know the difference and would be happy with either! Thanks Michael!

We have been playing a lot of War and just figuring out each other. We already found that boundaries definitely have to be established about property and sharing our time with others.  He looks at us at times, like this must be a dream. It's this really happening? He is very bright, as we already knew. His teacher had him bring his school books out to show me yesterday. I know he has finished 7th forum (pretty much the same as our 7th grade in the states), but it is not as advanced as I would hope it to be. But, he got something and is eager to learn. He and his friends have asked a lot about will he go to school? What will his house be like? What about the dog, it lives IN the house?  I am still amazed at the fact that we are here and this is finally becoming a reality for our family.

The gentleman that plays music for the kids had come a few times. He is also very interested in his new life in America. He came again today and I was able to ask if he could make copies of any sheet music he had for the chorus my oldest daughter was a part of for 11 years. We offered to pay for the copies and he said no. I will take that back to our chorus director.

Yesterday was exciting! They came to him and asked him to write a letter for the court saying that he wanted to be adopted by us and he wanted to go to America. He was very excited! Since then, every time the phone rings or makes a noise, he is asking if it is Andrei, are we going to court? Only in Eastern Europe would someone be this excited to go to court! HAHA!!!! Apparently, this is a good sign of progress. So, we wait.

On a side note, last night Rich was up and down and not feeling the best. This morning, he was fine and I felt terrible. I tried to eat breakfast, but it was not happening. I went back to bed and slept most of the day. Rich hung out with our future son and played cards. He went across the street to get me a cold drink... they didn't have sprite or ginger ale (those 1st world problems rear their ugly heads again). I did finally eat some dinner. Yeah me!

Keep praying for speedy court process as we wait. We are also still $7000 short and really don't want to get stranded in Eastern Europe. Please help us get through our adoption and get this young man home. I was reminded by one of my pastors, that He is Jehovah Jireh, my provider! Thank you pastor Jim! He is faithful and He promised to open doors for us to do this, if we were faithful! God is building a testimony here...mine and this young man's.

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