Received an email from our facilitator and a Ukrainian friend of mine, both confirmed that the orphanage's phone is broken. So, we can't get in contact with the director to find out about Belle's paperwork.
Masha talked to the "lawyer" in Kirovograd, but I'm not sure which lawyer she means, and I don't think this lawyer has found out anything. But, Masha is a genious and I totally trust her - if it can be done, she will get it done.
Of course, I'm in freak out mode. Thank God for Clonapin. I don't really have any more trip-related errands to run, so I'm trying to keep busy with little tasks I should have already done, like setting up our laptop for the trip, compiling a contact list for people we want to visit or call when we are in Ukraine, packing....
Andrew and I aren't sleeping well, and not eating well, and we are both really nervous about our SDA appointment and getting BOTH girls out of there. I know we will be fine though - we've spent 2 weeks in Ukraine before, so this is just a bit longer, but we are still worried about money mostly - money we will have to pay in Ukraine and our paychecks/jobs back home. Every time I do my calculations I know we have enough money, but there is always that nagging "what if" in the back of my mind saying that we should have a bigger buffer, we should have more money on us "just in case."
Thankfully the girls are visiting at their Aunt and Uncle's home nearby the orphanages, so at least they are getting to spend some quality time with their relatives and each other before the chaos starts.
This is our new blog to document our journey to adopt three older Ukrainian girls. We live in Atlanta, Georgia USA
