Frozen street in Murmansk 
Picture of Murmansk City
Today was lots of fun. We got up and went to the orphanage to visit with Katie Aunna. It was so cute. When we entered the orphanage, a little boy ran upstairs, shouting "Ana, your parents are here!" I think he was just as excited to see us as Katie Aunna. Fortunately, she was calmer today. However, she was still pretty hyped about our visit. She again asked for us to reassure her that we would be back for her. We explained that tomorrow we will go to court and legally become her parents forever. She was well pleased by this.
Please pray that our 10 day wait is waived and we may take immediate custody of her. She is very fond of her Papa and enjoys playing with him. She told us today that Mama looks at her too much...ha ha. I think she will calm down after she is with us for a while. It is so exciting to her to be the one with parents. Her turn has finally come and she is loving every minute of it. She is also very brave about leaving her orphanage and joining our family. We are grateful that God has chosen us for her and hope we will be able to have her immediately as it does stress her that we will not return.
This afternoon following our visit with her we went to the toy store and bought her a dolly with a cry mechanism in it. I hope the toy does not drive everyone on the plane home crazy. It is a very cute little doll and I know she will like it very much. Today she worked puzzles for us and is quite a smart little girl. She also knows all her colors and can count to 100...in Russian, of course.
During our outing for toys this afternoon we went to a pizza parlor with our friends here. It was so funny!!! Duane won;t eat fish and despises the smell of it. My knee started to give me problems again and so I asked Duane to go to the counter and order for us. Well, he ordered a cheese pizza with ham. Guess what we got??? A cheese pizza with shrimp and fish chunks on it. Duane refused to eat any of it. After about fifteen minutes of convincing, I picked off the fish and ate it. Not bad. It also had small pieces of "meat" on it.
The problem is that there is little to no beef here. It is all deer meat. Our friends tried to convince me it was bacon...yeah right. More like Bambi in small pieces. Duane sat there with his fingers in his nostrils so he would not smell fish on my breath...ha ha. The Russians were just appalled by his behavior. He acted like a little kid. It was pretty funny. So, he is going to bed tonight with NO supper.
We will be in our court hearing for Katie Aunna's adoption tomorrow at 2:30pm. Please be in prayer for our 10 days to be waived. It would take a lot of stress off of Katie Aunna to go with us right away and off of us too. This would be about 12:30am on Sunday for New Mexico time. I have included some pictures. Hope you all enjoy them. Blessings to all!!!
5 comments:
In Russia, it is almost 5am on Monday as I write this. I have been following your blog for many weeks and praying for your journey as we pray for our own. This is an exciting day for both of us! As you head to court, we are expecting our dossier to be registered tomorrow! I am praying for you tonight as our household begins to settle down to sleep. May the Lord give us both wonderful news in the next few hours!!!
Blessings,
Lori
You are in Russia for Orthodox Easter! I pray that the blessings of this special time of year fall upon you, and bring the answers to our prayers for Katie Aunna.
The candle is still buring in Lubbock.
Patrick C.
she is just adorable! Our Aunna was the same way, a real stinker, I think you have your work cut out for you!
FYI-how old is she again? I was surprised to see her two front teeth in.
Have a great rest of the visit,
Amy O.
She is just precious! And with those darling glasses, she looks just like you! You are the most blessed mother, I am jealous, you get all the GREAT ones! Can't wait to add her AT HOME picture to the site. This is THREE for you and I, shall we make it FOUR LOL.
Love, Ann
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