Even though it’s supposed to be a few more weeks before we’ll hear news of the first orphan court’s ruling for Kristine’s case, we are constantly checking email now hoping to hear something sooner. One thing that helps us get through the wait is the fact that we’re able to talk to the kids. We found out that Kristine was moved to a new place last week so she could get some more individualized attention right now. She’s okay but just has a lot of issues to sort out. Of course, upon hearing the news that she was moved, we wanted to call her right away and make sure she was alright. Thankfully, our attorney got the new number for us. We were a little nervous to call this new place (it’s so intimidating not being able to speak their language). We called and asked for Kristine, throwing in a couple of Latvian greetings in the process. Next thing we knew the person on the other end started speaking English to us. WHEW!! This nice lady gave us a direct number to call to get directly to Kristine so we called and got her right away. This was last week and Kristine had just gotten to this new place. She was a little down and asked when we are coming to Latvia. We have to keep telling her that we’re waiting for the government to give us permission, all the while praying that they WILL give us that permission. We reminded her to pray and told her that we love her and miss her so much.
We talked to Kristine again this past Sunday. It was a little more challenging to get through this time. I don’t know if the lady who answered the phone just didn’t like us or if Kristine wasn’t there. It was pretty comical. When we called and asked for Kristine, the woman simply said “NO” and hung up. So being the persistent person I am, I called right back and asked for Kristine again. The woman rattled off something in Latvian and hung up on us again. So we called a 3rd time but this time there was no answer. Obviously, they weren’t picking up on purpose. So the whole time Rob and I were asking ourselves, What was up with that? WHATEVER! We called back a couple of hours later and got a really nice woman who got Kristine to the phone right away. Kristine was much more cheerful on Sunday. She said she was happy and actually liked it at the new place. She had made some new friends. That put our minds at ease to hear that she is okay and that the people are nice there.
We couldn’t get Olegs on Sunday (no answer at his children’s home) so we tried again on Monday. It’s hilarious when we call there because the woman who answers that phone yells at the top of her lungs for Olegs to come. We could tell she was walking down the hall hollering for him because the volume got lower and lower until finally we heard footsteps running to the phone. That was our boy! He was in rare form when we talked to him this time. He had friends with him and they were picking on him and making noises into the phone (typical annoying kid stuff). He kept cracking up and it was the most wonderful sound to hear that laugh we love. At one point, Olegs’ friend yelled something into the phone and then they hung up on us. We called right back and Olegs was yelling at this particular friend (who was a girl by the way) to tell her to leave him alone. Of course, we asked if that was his “girlfriend” and he said “NOOOOOOOOO!!” We had a good visit and he said he was happy and doing good.
Each day we remind ourselves that we’re one day closer to traveling. We know that we’ll look back on this after it’s all over and the long, agonizing wait will seem so insignificant once we have our kids home. Doesn’t make the wait any easier NOW though!
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