Busy Day

We had a really busy day but a productive day. We went to Kiev this morning and had some paperwork notarized. We drove back to our region and went to the orphanage to pick up paperwork from the Director. We took that paperwork over to the inspector's office. The Asst. Inspector said the main Inspector was still on vacation. She would call and try to get her to come by tomorrow to sign the paperwork.

We went to eat then back to the orphanage to visit with the boys. They had a blast playing with each other and wrestling with their Papa. Luke stayed by me most of the time because I brought Teddy Grahams today. He nearly ate the whole Ziploc bag full. I would say Teddy Bear and he would repeat it. His personality is so much like mine it is unbelievable. He is sensitive, independent, mature, and humble oh yeah and good looking. (ha ha)

Micah is just like his Papa energetic, humorous, silly, outgoing and full of personality. Oh, and cute as a cuddly teddy bear. He kept getting under James shirt and hiding today. There is a picture above of Natalia explaining to Micah not to run and grab everything that we brought it for them to play with and also to eat and drink.

When it came time to leave, Micah's caregiver told him to give us a kiss and he ran up and kissed me right on the lips and James too. We went to say goodbye to Luke and he will let us hug and kiss him but he turns his back to us. They do not get hugs and kisses so this is new to them.

Natalia received a phone call that the inspector found out that Micah was not born in the city of Kiev but just outside it so we have to go there to pick up more paperwork. We hope to be going tomorrow. Please pray that we go and get the paperwork needed so everything can get processed and we can get a court date.

As you all know, James never meets a stranger. He introduced himself to a man at dinner tonight. the man speaks no English but he came outside and showed James a fishing rod and that's all it took. We went down to the river and fished with him for about an hour. He was so sweet and even though he could not speak English we did pretty good communicating. He uses dough ball; earthworms;live maggots; popcorn; and cereal to fish for carp. Very interesting! He also put a clothespin on his line to tighten the line.

Natalia came down to the river and helped interpret. We also found out that he was a soldier during Chernobyl and he comes to the health resort for treatment from the radiation. While he is here he will rest and fish. I think James has a new fishing buddy. He gave James a lure and James gave him a new $1 bill. Natalia said James needs to sign his name to it so he will find him tomorrow and sign it.

It is getting late and we need to rest. We love you and will update tomorrow. Remember to pray we get the paperwork for Micah tomorrow so we can get a court date soon.