Wow...this is much harder than I thought it would be. I know I am not a particularly patient person anyway...but I just want to get my kids and take them home. At the very least, I want them with me while we wait. We are certainly going to be rested up when we finally do get them.....all we did today was sleep. Of course we went to see our precious girl. We played inside today, because it was raining. I took playdoh with us today and it was a hit! Though she mixed all the colors together...LOL..typical kid! No matter...she had a blast.
A few notes on other random things...we were apart of another orphan rescue...LOL. Two sweet Russian girls at the hotel found a teeny tiny kitten. They can't take it back to Russia, because apparently you have to pay for any animals you have...anyway Svetlana, our current landlady, agree to take the pitiful kitten. So we brought it here to the house. It follows us everywhere. It is the smallest cat I have ever seen.
A funny thing that happened in court, that I forgot to mention. After Zhenya came into the room, the judge began to ask him questions about being adopted. At one point, she asked him if he wanted to go to Italy. Without missing a beat, he responded "Nyet" (no) and looked at the judge. The others in the room quickly reminded the judge that we were Americans. She laughed and asked him if he wanted to go to America to which he responded "Da" (yes) My boy is so smart!! Some kids would have starred at the judge and not answered. But he knew he didn't want to go to Italy!! It was very cute. Can't wait to see him again!! Camp was over today..but we won't get to see him until Tuesday because tomorrow they are getting settled. Uugghhhh.....there is that need to be patient again. "Lord, Grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change, the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference.........." Okay, I feel better now!!! LOL
Svetlana is apparently intent on stuffing us with food. She is constantly cooking for us and insisting we eat!! We were hoping to lose a few more pounds..but not with how she cooks. It is tasty and very high carbs! I planned to do more cooking myself, but she has food cooked before I get the chance. She won't even let me do dishes!!! LOL Guess I shouldn't complain since there will be tons to do once I get home.
We have been having fun with the language. We learned before we came that "cot" is cat. Well apparently that is a male cat. A female cat is something like coshka. Jeff jokingly asked our Russian friends and our facilitator how we were suppose to know the difference. Jeff grabbed the tail of the cat nearby and lifted its tail. He said, I guess I will go around Ukraine looking at cats like this, so I can call them by the right name." The Russians roared with laughter and our facilitator now has another "American" story to tell his friends. I know this is not as funny reading it as it was witnessing...but we all laughed for a long time.
Our facilitator was translating conversations between us and our Russian friends one evening. He stopped mid Russian and looks at Jeff and in these exact words said "Jeff what is the English word for superstition?" We looked at him...blank stares and replied " Superstition" We laughed like crazy again. Now the Russian probably found it more amusing, because I can tell you that they LOVE their vodka!
One thing we are truly desperately missing from home is church and christian fellowship. We feel so isolated in that regard. Other then the two Christians we met a couple weeks ago...we have no one else to fellowship with about God. We have talked with people about God, but the general concensus is that it is for old people and no need for God on a daily basis. There are only two very tiny Orthodox churches here...so this seems to be a town that is basically unchurched and in need of Jesus. We are doing our best to share Christ, but obviously the language barrier causes difficulty there. We of course are reading the bible and listening to our pastor's sermons online...but we miss our church family. In a way, this is awesome that we feel this way, because a couple of years ago...we were more lax about our Christian fellowship...now we crave it. This shows the huge difference God has made in our lives in the last year and a half. Anyway, please pray for us as we patiently wait on these last few days. That will be one nice things about getting back to Kiev, there are several Christian churches there. Even if we can't understand the language...God's presence has no language barriers.
Okay...enough for now!! Do brey No Chee (Good night)
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