It has been one week . . .

Wednesday, May 26, 2010 at 4:56am (posted on facebook)
Wow, it has been a week, and sometimes it feels like we just arrived, and other times I can't wait to get out of here. We have had so many experiences that you can't fully put into words. We have been told we have no water for the next two days, and yet, the water still runs? Not sure what is up. Really want my home shower right now. Jon took photo's of the "squatty potties" and he has used them, I have not! Avoided in any way possible. ;0) We have eaten the same food for a week now. We are running out of things to give kids at the orphanage. We were invited to a school down the road from the orphanage, a dance school, for a performance last night at 5:00. We took some video and photo's. It was really special. We were taken up to the front row to sit, which made us feel funny, since all their parents were there to watch them. After it was over, I had a woman come up and ask me where I was from. She was very pleasant. I told her Maine, and she said she had visited Florida. Her English was pretty good. She was very welcoming, which we don't experience often, so it is nice. After this beautiful dance concert, we took Kristina and four friends back to hotel restaurant to have dinner together. That was an experience! We had fun and they finished their ice cream and headed back at 9:15. Right now Jon is at the open market with friends, trying to find a special cooking pot we want to take home with us. The pollen is terrible here and it is giving me a run for my money. Claritin D is not doing the trick, so I am staying in a little extra today. We have not had any luck changing our tickets to come home early, so looks like June 5. ;0( Will admit very upset and disappointed for a few hours, but will make the best of it. Just frustrated that airlines are so willing to take advantage of people, when they clearly have room in the same class seats we booked before, but want to say it is a higher class and therefore it will be $2000 more each ticket above what we already paid. Frustrating! We will use this time to do what we can to bless others and teach Kristina English. Please keep us in your prayers. Court day is Friday at 1:00. This can be intense questioning, so really want the Lord with us and working and answering through us. We pray for His will to be done, so if for any reason He didn't bring us here to bring Kristina home . . . we pray that is clear as well. I don't believe at this time or see other options for her life, but only God knows all this. Please keep praying her papers don't take months after we leave, but are processed in God's speed. ;0)

Love you all! Linda and Jon