Holding Pattern

Right now, we are just waiting until Tuesday when our facilitator gets back. We are supposed to find out when court will be. We already know it won't be before the first part of July. We just visit the orphanage every day from 10am until 1pm. The rest of the day, we just try to find things to keep us busy. One day doesn't seem any different from the rest.

At the orphanage, I usually just sit on a bench outside watching the kids. I've started eating sunflower seeds for something to do to pass the time. The packages are cheap and we can share them with the kids. Dennis walks to the closest little store every visit. We see pretty much the same children every day. Many of the children are part of sibling groups of at least four or more. One little girl who we thought had two younger sisters, really has three. She always says 'hi' to me and has given me pictures that she's drawn. It's sad to think that all these children want a family so bad, but there are not many people willing to take on large sibling groups. Until the year we adopted, not many children had been adopted from this orphanage. All the children we are seeing now have no family to stay with during the summer. It is a smaller group than what is usually here during the rest of the year. What will happen to them when they age out? Where will they go? It's hard not to think about that when we see them every day.