waiting outside the Inspector's office
As we arrived at the orphanage and got out of the car, we were nearly knocked down by Kristina. She had been outside with friends and saw us getting out of the car but did not recognize us until she noticed Jerry’s Tommy Bahama shoes. She came running up and attacked us with hugs and kisses. They had not been expecting us until tomorrow and were worried that the volcano may delay our arrival. A little girl ran inside to pull Nastya out of class, and she came running out a few moments later yelling, “Mommy!! Papi I love you!” It was quite the happy reunion.
We all went inside into the Reception area of the Orphanage and waited for our meeting with the Director. We stood around and caught up with each other for about 20 minutes, then the Inspector left. Her job is to stay the first day until she deems that an appropriate contact has been established. For most families that are just meeting their child, this could be all day. Obviously, this wasn’t the case with us and she left almost immediately.
We sat around with the girls for a while before they were ushered out to get medicals done, and we had our meeting with the Orphanage Director. She is a very nice lady, very polite and obviously cares very much about the children. After a long talk with her about the girls’ history, she asked us some questions about ourselves and our family. I think the meeting went very well!
The girls had to get back to class, but we were told that we could come back every day 2-5pm and visit with them. We left for a while and came back later. The girls’ older sister (Alona) was there, so we met her, took some pictures, and showed her pictures of our home and family. We saw Nastya and Kristina’s room (very small, 5 beds to a room, but nice). We left at 5pm and went to the Notary to get paperwork and the clock started. Tomorrow is more of the same.
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