Back in Kiev

First I want to say thank you for all the kinds words and encouragement. We would not being doing as well with out it. I apologize that I haven't responded back to everyone. We haven't had alot of internet time. Again, thank you as it really does mean so much!

We are back in Kiev. We left yesterday (Tues.) at 5:15 p.m. and arrived in Kryvyi Rih at 11:15 p.m. What a wonderful driver and facilitator we had. We were up and out at 8:30 a.m. this morning (Wed.) to meet the inspector of the region. She was very kind and asked us a few questions, like, state your name, age, any bio children and what our jobs are. We then waited for some paperwork and away we went to the orphange. We met with the director, who didn't smile much and we found out she does not like international adoptions from her orphanage. We met in her office and she started to explain about "A". The inspector then took the file and started in telling us about "A" through our translator. Then in a little bit a nurse came in to explain "A's" diagnosis. The nurse did not have alot of detail and we could come back at 3:00 to talk with the doctor. So then, in came "A" with her teacher. She had a big smile on her face and was missing her top front teeth. She was adorable. She said what her name was and asked us our names (through our translator of course.) Then her teacher asked her to count and she counted to 10 on her fingers and then the teacher said something to her and she continued to count to 20 using my fingers. Her teacher then asked her to resite a poem and it was about Autumn. She stood there so straight and belted out this poem and we all clapped for her when she was done. I gave her a stuffed animal that I had brought and then we went in to the play room. We kicked a soccer ball around for a while, shot the basketball, tried doing hoola hoop, and she was really good at bouncing on the big ball. I then got out a princess sticker book and she really liked that. Then the director came in and said it was time for "A" to go and we left. We came back at 3 p.m. to meet with the doctor. She told us about "A's" diagnosis in great detail and we asked a few questions. We then left and we both knew in our hearts that we would not be able to procede with "A". As sad as we were about this we know that God is the one in control and He will show us his plan. We are just thankful for the 15 minutes we got to spend with "A".

Here are some photos from our apartment in Kryvyi Rih and one of us by a statue at the inpector's office.