I want to thank Luci for loaning us her camera. Without it we would not be able to share our wonderful moments with all of you. Also thanks to everyone else who has shown support through blog comments and emails. Even though we are a long way from home in a place that is much diffenrent with people speaking a language we dont understand it makes us feel like we are are close to home.
Today the kids are going to school. They will be going to the private school where Luci teaches that we visited yesterday. Her neighbor is going to pick them up at 7:45 and dropping them off at 12:45. It will be nice for Wendy and I to have some along time together. We are planning to relax a little by the pool. They will also attend tommarow and then Thursday is the barbeque at school. After that the kids will be on a month long break.
This evening we are planning on celebrating Manuel's (Luci's husband) birthday. We will be going for cake and drinks.
Last night we went out for chicken with Luci, Manuel and their two boys. Food is very resonable here. The entire meal for all of us with drinks was less than $20 US. Some things are quite expensive here and others are much cheaper than the US.
We were talking yesterday to Luci and she said the kids have not once asked for there foster mother. This is unusual as most kids begin asking for her. The kids have been calling us Mommy and Papi from day one. They have totally accepted us as thier parents which doesn't suprise us as this entire process was orchestrated by God himself.
We met with Dolly yesterday. She will be going back to court on Wednesday and will hopefully have a date when things will be finalized. So far things are ahead of schedule. Paperwork was submitted Friday. It arrived to were it goes by Monday. This typically takes 3 days. The first step is a 5 day process. Hopefully this will be completed by Wed. Then the next step can take up to 10 business days. We need prayes this step goes quickly. Then Dolly will travel to Aguchica to get the birthcertificates and passports for the children. This will take 2-3 more days. After that Wendy will fly to Bogata with the kids and get Visas with the US embassy and have physicals with the kids, another 3 business days and they are not opened on Friday. Then back to Florida!!! So on the long end it could take 3 more weeks. On the short end about 1.5 weeks.
Hasta Luego
