Monday morning. Once again we are blessed with some alone time as O is out doing paper work and we are waiting for her call. Over the weekend we went to the beach about 20 minutes away by taxi and swam in the Black Sea which was very warm and calm (no big waves....more like a lake.) On Sunday we saw Vlad again and had a great time. It was very awkward at first as he seems to have lost much the English he knew when he was with us and Google Translate was iffy. But then we went to the field and played frisbee and then basketball in the makeshift court. Some of the other kids joined us and they put me through my paces on the court. Beth said, you will either get in shape with Vlad or have a heart attack! As our time with Vlad went by he seemed more like his old self, more comfortable with us. After leaving the orphanage we walked to a hotel where our American friends are staying. (They are working on adopting two kids.) It was good to commiserate with each other about all the stuff we've been through. They have already been here over 3 weeks. They have their hearing scheduled for Friday. The way things are going it looks like this process could take more like 8 weeks instead of six.
Beth is making sandwiches for today. Never know where we will end up so best to pack lunches.
Yesterday Beth found a grape vine growing up the wall outside our apartment. We were reminded of the verse from John, "I am the Vine, you are the branches.... Without me you can do nothing."
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More later,
Bill and Beth
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