We're down to court being four days away! It was a long drawn out time getting here. What I'm going to say may be the bad side of orphanage life that many don't see. Maybe we saw it more because we've been here before and we already knew the kids somewhat plus we have someone with us who has lived with these same children and understands Russian and English. We hosted T twice. Last Christmas and two years ago just after Christmas. When T returned after the last visit, she was invited to 'room' with the girls in the 8 class. T was only in the 6 class. It was because she had things that the other girls didn't have from America. We could see when we first came that there were a lot of 'games' being played. Things were said about me. Lots of things were said about Karina and other girls in the orphanage. I could tell, even though I didn't understand what they were saying that the big girls were sticking their noses in our business. It finally built up to making Karina cry one day. Just after that, we learned that one teacher had come back from her vacation and made T move out of the big girls' room. It made such a difference. We were already under a lot of stress with having to stay here so long and other things that had happened at home. We needed God to intervene and he did!
We finally found a skirt for T to wear to court. It is so very hard to find clothes for girls over ten and under adult age. The skirt we bought was probably an adult skirt, but with how short they wear them and how skinny the ones are that wear the short skirts, it should fit her fine. She's very hard to fit in jeans because she's just a little chunky, but very short for a 13 year old. She'll love this skirt. It has a big fancy belt buckle on it. We also bought some pink sandals for her. Pink is her favorite color. I had shirts and shorts that I brought her, so we were covered there.
The rest of the kids are leaving for camp on Sunday or Monday. They will be going to the Black Sea, but I don't know where. A few teachers are staying at the orphanage with the children who have parents until those parents can pick them up. I guess the shorter camp was cheaper or they found a sponsor. We are hoping that T can just go ahead and stay with us during the 10 day. We'll just have to wait and see.
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So the kids are going to go to camp this summer at least for a few weeks? Hopefully T will be able to stay with you when the other kids go to camp. Only 3 days 'til court. :-)
Hi Guys, We were just talking today about how we missed Ukraine and the people we met there. We went back through our blog comments and saw where you had posted a comment and left your blog address. Just wanted to tell you guys to hang in there! It is sure nice to read about your second trip. It brings back alot of memories for us. We can relate to your comment about not wanting to get too attached to any of the other kids there. There isn`t a day that goes by that we don`t think of all the other kids there that need homes. It`s a great thing you guys are doing!! Take care and good luck! Gail and Craig (craigandgails.blogspot.com)
Glad that the kids are getting something of a camp this summer. Really hoping they see the wisdom in letting you have T and the other B's have L during the ten day wait! Just think of the money they'll save not having to house and feed them for a week and a half!
Hope you're home soon. From reading your blog and another one where a family's 18yr old son decided to up and leave on their trip to adopt again from Ukraine makes me never want to bring Yarek back.
Natalie
adoptyaroslav.blogspot.com
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