Today we called Olegs’ children’s home and were ecstatic to get Olegs on the phone. We got a little nervous when the person who answered the phone asked us to repeat what we said a couple of times. We were bracing for the moment they would disconnect us, but they didn’t. Finally they understood that we wanted Olegs so they hollered for him. He came to the phone right away and sounded so happy. Since so much time had passed since our last chat, it was important for us to let him know we haven’t forgotten about him. He had gotten the letter we sent him with some baseball cards, so he was happy. We’re thankful he’s at least getting our letters if we can’t always reach him on the phone. He still doesn’t know that he’s coming for a visit at Christmas. We have to wait for a few more details to be worked out before we can talk about it. He’ll be so excited when he finds out.
One of the other adoptive families is traveling to Latvia this week for their first court. They are taking a couple of small gifts to Olegs & Kristine for us. We also wrote the kids letters that were translated into Latvian by another hosting family’s son (thank you, Josh!!). We wanted to explain to the kids why we haven’t come to Latvia yet. Since the letters are in Latvian, we can be sure they’ll understand. We basically told them that we are still waiting for the Latvian government to give us permission, but that we will be there as soon as we can. It’s important to us that they understand what is happening.
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