~Tina
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| Notice who is on his shirt. (Just happens to be our last name.) |
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| our hotel room |
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| the toilet, shower, sink combination |
August 17, 2012
Meeting Little Guy
We were able to get the documents we needed today at
12:30. Usually we wouldn’t have been
able to pick them up until after 5. God
is good isn’t He. If we wouldn’t have
gotten the documents early we would have had to wait until Monday to see the children. We left soon after and it took 2 ½ hours to
get to Berdychiv, which is in the Zhytomyr (pronounced - G toe mir) oblast. We first stopped at the inspector’s office,
like the social services director as we know it in the states. We talked with her a little bit and then left
to go to the orphanage. When we got
there we talked with the director of the orphanage and the orphanage
doctor. The doctor explained little
guy’s diagnosis and then wanted to see if we were still interested. Well, of
course we were. She was a little put
out that we already have 3 children at home.
We had known before we got there that little guy is in the hospital for
Bronchitis. He was due to get out on
Monday so they went and got him early.
When he walked in he was so shy and quiet but it didn’t take him long to
warm up to us especially when we got out a piece of candy for him. I had brought one of those doddle pads for
him, which you write on and then slide the thing over to erase it. He was so facinated with it and wanted me to draw
this and that. After a while he leaned
over and hugged Gary and then leaned over and hugged me and kissed me on the
cheek. What a sweet little guy. We stayed for about an hour and then went to
the hotel we will be calling home for a while. We get to go back each day for two, 2 hour
visits with him. By the way, his name is
Bogdan which means God given. Sweet girl is away and we will
not get to visit her until Monday.
We can’t wait to see her.
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How cute is he!!!
ReplyDeleteSO happy for you!! How funny that he had on a girl's turtleneck. They just mix and match lol
ReplyDeleteHe is adorable!! You are blessed :)
Wow, just wow. How exciting. I gave our son something new every time we went to see him. One thing he seemed to like was a wallet. I would put some money in it for him each visit. It wasn't much, but he got to spend it however he wanted. Our visits were different. We were there over Easter break, so school was closed, so we got to see him most any time we wanted. We took him practically all day. Our son had been listed as having some respiratory issues, but he really doesn't have any now. He's been with us three years. I think his problems may have been the result of living in a dirty environment. In any case, Bogdan looks very nice. I look forward to reading more of your adventures.
ReplyDeleteOh, he is just precious! I'm so happy for you guys to meet your new son, and for you to not have to wait until Monday. I assumed it would be Monday. I agree...God is SO good. Enjoy your visits. He's cute as can be!
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