Got new info on Brigit today!!!

Here is what was sent to us today in an email:

She is expeditious and has an active take in her surroundings. She is a very helpful child. She notices the things that need to be done and where she can help. She manages to serve herself very well and helps her mates if needed.

She is active with her hand movements. She likes to draw, build, knock up. (I get from this that she is creative. Which will work great because Kirsten and Chance are creative.) She is helpful and friendly. She likes to clean, help her teacher. She does get along well with her mates in a friendly way. She is a brave and active communicator.

That is not all it says, but it gives everyone an idea about who she is and what I saw when I visited with her. I could tell that she was very independent.

What would you do if you became instantly wealthy?

That guestion has crossed my mind often over these last 2 years. Before we started this adoption process, I might have said, oh...... (after tithing) I'd take a long vacation with all of my kids and I'd buy them all a new car. I would get out of debt (including the mortgage) then retire on what was left. But, now I feel with what we have been doing with the adoption, I think that one of the first things I would really want to do would be to adopt as many children as I would be allowed to. It is sooooo overwhelming to see that there are so many children in this world without a family. I never really thought about the numbers until we started this adoption. It is really heart wrenching to KNOW how many children need a home. I look at some of the faces of these kids on various adoption websites and think to myself, I wish I could give her/him a home. I think about the children that are at the orphanage with Birgit and just want to bring them all home with me. Especially this one little boy, Raiko. He has a heart problem. I would never have guessed it when I met him. He was very polite and a happy little boy and energetic. He just looked so much like he needed someone to sweep him up and take him away to a family. Could I request of anyone who reads this site that you pray for him to find a family? I don't mean that he is any more special than others of that particular orphanage. He just kind of planted himself in my heart that day I was visiting with Birgit and I would love to see him get a home.

Another Day in Adoption Limbo

Well, here I sit again just looking at pictures of Birgit. I have come to the conclusion that this is a lesson in patience for me. I just hope that I pass!;) The time isn't actually going as slow as I thought it would. It is going to be the 4th of July soon and then Walt will be going to Estonia to visit with Birgit sometime between the end of July to the end of August. I am going to pack a bunch of stuff for him to take for Birgit and the kids at the orphanage. We didn't intend for him to go alone. We were just going to wait for our court date, but due to certain circumstances, he will need to go and see her then I will go for the court date. I think that this will work out better though because then she will be able to see that someone really is trying to adopt her. It must be frustrating for her. I think that if I were in her shoes, I would want to be with my family right now! Not waiting for them and waiting and waiting......

Won't be going til fall y'all!

Well, I found out that the Estonia courts are closed July and August. Also, because we didn't get a notice for court within the last 2 weeks, we won't be going during June. I feel kind of disappointed, yet, am relieved because we are not ready to go get her. I can imagine she might be ready for us to come and get her though. At least I hope she is! So, we will spend the next 2 or 3 months getting prepared to go in Sept/October. (Oh, by the way, this is a picture of Walt and I during our trip to visit my sister, who I haven't seen in 5 years, in Las Vegas and my son in California, who was heading to Afghanistan.)