Tuesday, October 24, 2006
We met our new daughter today! We are so happy! After a few days of missed appointments from the government family services representative, she finally was able to accompany us for our initial visit.
Our daughter (since I can't name her, I will refer to her as "LG") lives in an orphanage for older children outside of the city. When we got there, we went to the auditorium to watch a program the children were putting on. It is to commemorate Kazakhstan's independence day which is tomorrow. It was a very good program. Lots of singing, dancing, and ornate costumes. We watched the program until the end and then we were escorted out with the director of the orphanage. As we left, they found LG in the audience and asked her to come with us. She had been told today that something special was going to happen to her today.
All of the adults met in the director's office for a brief interview. LG was in the next room drawing a picture for us. She was finally brought in and we had a wonderful visit. We showed her pictures of our home, our kids, etc. She seemed really interested in these. She recited a poem to us and asked us a few questions. Based on the program before, our visit only lasted about 30 minutes, but we'll now be visiting every day. Today was the first day of our mandatory 14-day bonding period.
We were not permitted to take a picture of LG today, but we can begin taking pictures tomorrow. Unfortunatley, I will not be posting pictures of LG until our court decree is issued. I will try to get back to posting photos of this place.
Thanks for everyone's prayers on our behalf.
Our daughter (since I can't name her, I will refer to her as "LG") lives in an orphanage for older children outside of the city. When we got there, we went to the auditorium to watch a program the children were putting on. It is to commemorate Kazakhstan's independence day which is tomorrow. It was a very good program. Lots of singing, dancing, and ornate costumes. We watched the program until the end and then we were escorted out with the director of the orphanage. As we left, they found LG in the audience and asked her to come with us. She had been told today that something special was going to happen to her today.
All of the adults met in the director's office for a brief interview. LG was in the next room drawing a picture for us. She was finally brought in and we had a wonderful visit. We showed her pictures of our home, our kids, etc. She seemed really interested in these. She recited a poem to us and asked us a few questions. Based on the program before, our visit only lasted about 30 minutes, but we'll now be visiting every day. Today was the first day of our mandatory 14-day bonding period.
We were not permitted to take a picture of LG today, but we can begin taking pictures tomorrow. Unfortunatley, I will not be posting pictures of LG until our court decree is issued. I will try to get back to posting photos of this place.
Thanks for everyone's prayers on our behalf.
# posted by Buck and Jo Ann @ 2:52 AM 
