Right now, we have no internet connection, so I am write and will copy and paste into the blog as soon as I can. We meet L today. She is actually 5 years old. She will be 6 in November. She is very sweet and Jeff and I liked her right away. It was a struggle to keep from crying when they first brought her into the room. There were several adults and this one little girl coming in and everyone is staring at her. I was nervous and I only have 5 adults staring at me!!! We went back again in the afternoon to visit her. She was with her groupa. They were all running around like crazy. She seemed happy to see us. I brought bubbles and we blew them for a little bit. Then she asked me to hold her. I held her for quite awhile then passed her to Jeff to hold. She definitely needs to adjust to having a male caring for her needs. She is very easy with me, but not as much with Jeff. This is understandable considering all her caregivers are women. We meet her brother tomorrow. As a 10 year old, he can say he doesn’t want to be adopted. If that is the case, we won’t be able to adopt L either since they are siblings. We will have to go back to Kiev and try again if this happens. I am praying that it all goes well and he wants to be adopted. It was heartbreaking seeing all of those beautiful children in the orphanage longing for attention. If we were not holding L then they were in our laps and all over us. We brought them juice and bananas. They were so excited! When we left L hugged me so tight, I almost started to cry. This orphanage houses the younger children and the other orphanage (internot) where her brother lives houses the older children. The inspector did not know L had a brother which is a good things. If she knows the children then usually that means they have gotten in trouble. Clearly, he has not gotten in any trouble. The inspector is the Ukrainian verison of a social worker. She was very friending and encouraging. She kept smiling at us when she could tell we were nervous. Anyway, we will know more after meeting the boy!!
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