October 25, 2005

As I started typing on here that we still don't have an appointment, our facilitator called to say we do have an appointment TOMORROW at 10. So PRAY, PRAY, PRAY that it goes well for us tomorrow. If we pick a child then we wait a day or two for permission to go visit. Then we head to where ever the child's orphanage is to see them. If we don't find one we wait for another appointment.

Last night Laura called us and filled us in about Matt and Lisa's baby. Someone tell them congratulations from us. We are so happy for them and can't wait to see their little girl. After that Katie called us. It was great to talk to her. For those of you who don't know, Katie is my 6 year old niece. She misses us as we do her and everyone else. I told her it was night time here, (she had just gotten out of school). She thought I was teasing her about it being nighttime. She is so cute. She promised to give our dog a kiss from us.

Our friends are going to see a 2 year old boy tomorrow. I hope it goes well for them. Some other Americans just got back from visiting a 17 month old boy who they were told was healthy. But he has Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. They are leaving tomorrow to go back to the states. FAS is not acknowleged here as an illness, so it isn't written on the sheets at the NAC. We brought lots of information on how to spot it.

We have been walking around today seeing more of Kiev. We found the Tarasa Shevchenka Park. It is beautiful with lots of freshly planted pansies. Pansies were Jeff's dad's favorite flower and we enjoyed seeing thousands of them. We also found a neat statue on the other side of the square. It is of a famous comedian sitting with his dog. The dog is a wiener dog. We took lots of pictures.