What a day!!
We decided to fly from Kyiv to Donetsk this morning to try to get a 3 day jump on the process. The SDA processed our paperwork so it was ready last night. We were up at 4am to catch a flight (but not, as I have always dreamed of, flying on a Soviet airplane--it was an airbus--Damn French). The flight arrived in Donetsk at 9am and we were at the orphanage by 10:30. We waited while Max worked his magic and by noon Daniil (Alex) was in the directors office with us. We did not "meet" him then-- just saw him. Max continued on and we contined to sit in the psycholigist's office for 4 hours until finally it was 4pm and we were able to officially meet Daniil.
WHAT A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO OUR FAMILY HE WILL BE!!
He is quick as a whip and is already saying "More Ball" and "Dad" and "Mom" in English. He was quite excited to show us off to his friends at the orphanage. We played ball, hoola hoop, and trucks. The director was concerned about his delay, but we found him to be doing very well. He is using 3-4 word sentences in Russian and was putting 2 words together in English after a couple of hours.
He did NOT want us to leave this evening. He kept repeting "I don't want" over and over when we said we had to go.
Our visiting hours will be 10am-12noon and 4-6pm each day. We may miss tomorrow morning's meeting as we are rushing to try to get everything submitted to court tomorrow. As in the States, Monday is a Holiday here and we can get way ahead if the court will accept our papers tomorrow. The best case is: Court next Friday (probably the following Monday)-- 10 day wait (cannot be waived) then 4-5 days on the other side. We may be a bit quicker-- we probably will be a bit longer.
There is so much more, but the meter is ticking at the internet cafe-- we do not know if we will have internet or phone in Slavansk (we are in Kramatorsk tonight so we can get papers notarized in the morning). We will try to take the 30 minute cab ride at least a couple of times a week until we are back to the land of running water.
We decided to fly from Kyiv to Donetsk this morning to try to get a 3 day jump on the process. The SDA processed our paperwork so it was ready last night. We were up at 4am to catch a flight (but not, as I have always dreamed of, flying on a Soviet airplane--it was an airbus--Damn French). The flight arrived in Donetsk at 9am and we were at the orphanage by 10:30. We waited while Max worked his magic and by noon Daniil (Alex) was in the directors office with us. We did not "meet" him then-- just saw him. Max continued on and we contined to sit in the psycholigist's office for 4 hours until finally it was 4pm and we were able to officially meet Daniil.
WHAT A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO OUR FAMILY HE WILL BE!!
He is quick as a whip and is already saying "More Ball" and "Dad" and "Mom" in English. He was quite excited to show us off to his friends at the orphanage. We played ball, hoola hoop, and trucks. The director was concerned about his delay, but we found him to be doing very well. He is using 3-4 word sentences in Russian and was putting 2 words together in English after a couple of hours.
He did NOT want us to leave this evening. He kept repeting "I don't want" over and over when we said we had to go.
Our visiting hours will be 10am-12noon and 4-6pm each day. We may miss tomorrow morning's meeting as we are rushing to try to get everything submitted to court tomorrow. As in the States, Monday is a Holiday here and we can get way ahead if the court will accept our papers tomorrow. The best case is: Court next Friday (probably the following Monday)-- 10 day wait (cannot be waived) then 4-5 days on the other side. We may be a bit quicker-- we probably will be a bit longer.
There is so much more, but the meter is ticking at the internet cafe-- we do not know if we will have internet or phone in Slavansk (we are in Kramatorsk tonight so we can get papers notarized in the morning). We will try to take the 30 minute cab ride at least a couple of times a week until we are back to the land of running water.
(hey kids, call us on the blue phone)
Jim
Jim
1 comment:
HEartwarming to read about your meeting.
Lynn
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