Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
Snowing today- Jake was very pleased. We got about 3 inches over night and it has continued to snow all day. It was hard trying to keep Jake dry on the way to the appointment because he was jumping in every drift he saw!! We arrived at 3:30 for our 4:00 appointment. The building is very unassuming, and you enter through a side door. The guard was clearly bored as we caught him napping on our entrance. We waited in the hallway to be called upstairs. Our SDA representative was Elena, a very nice, young woman. She showed us 5 files, none of which were of any interest. All of the little girls had serious physical or mental issues as well as being in the worst administrative region 6 hours away in the Ukraine. Once we reviewed all the files, we asked if she had any girls available in Kiev. Originally she said ‘No’- but after Natasha explained about Jake leaving next weekend- Elena left the office to see if she could locate any girls closer to Kiev. 10 minutes later she returned with 3 files- all girls located in the same orphanage here in Kiev. There was a 5 year old, an 8 year old and one estimated to be 9, but they are unsure. Any of the three are a great choice for us! Because the files had not been prescreened, we must call the Director of the orphanage tomorrow to see which, if any, of these three are available. We have to go back to the SDA tomorrow with a decision. If all three girls are unavailable, we will look at other options. In the meantime, we have stopped at Double Coffee for dinner… beef pancakes and sour cream…mmmmmm!!


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