Friday, November 10, 2006
Pre-Court Date
We now have a "pre-court" date. It is November 15 -- the day we were supposed to leave Kazakhstan. I obviously need to call Delta Airlines and change the dates. It's just that I don't know what the new dates should be. We won't be able to leave with LG until court, which can only be set up after pre-court. What Kazakhstan lacks in things like clean water and paved roads, they make up for in unnecessary court proceedings.
Our visits with LG have been going well. We have been having them at our hotel room where she has dinner with us. We're slowly learning the things she likes and dislikes. Today we went over some of the vegetables she likes and dislikes. Basically, she likes onions, tomatoes, and maybe carrots. She kept changing her mind on that one.
It snowed here two days ago, but it melted right away. There is mud everywhere here. Every vehicle you see is covered in mud. It's a mess walking anywhere around here.
It was really cold a couple of nights ago and LG took her orphanage gloves with her to our place because we had not thought to buy her any before that time. They looked straight out of "Oliver Twist" so we bought some for her today. She really liked them because they were soft.
We've been slowly teaching LG English words. She can now count to twenty, and knows probably 30 words in English. We really don't have too much trouble communicating when we don't have our translator with us.
We now have a "pre-court" date. It is November 15 -- the day we were supposed to leave Kazakhstan. I obviously need to call Delta Airlines and change the dates. It's just that I don't know what the new dates should be. We won't be able to leave with LG until court, which can only be set up after pre-court. What Kazakhstan lacks in things like clean water and paved roads, they make up for in unnecessary court proceedings.
Our visits with LG have been going well. We have been having them at our hotel room where she has dinner with us. We're slowly learning the things she likes and dislikes. Today we went over some of the vegetables she likes and dislikes. Basically, she likes onions, tomatoes, and maybe carrots. She kept changing her mind on that one.
It snowed here two days ago, but it melted right away. There is mud everywhere here. Every vehicle you see is covered in mud. It's a mess walking anywhere around here.
It was really cold a couple of nights ago and LG took her orphanage gloves with her to our place because we had not thought to buy her any before that time. They looked straight out of "Oliver Twist" so we bought some for her today. She really liked them because they were soft.
We've been slowly teaching LG English words. She can now count to twenty, and knows probably 30 words in English. We really don't have too much trouble communicating when we don't have our translator with us.
# posted by Buck and Jo Ann @ 7:56 AM 
