We had our usual morning visit with Maxim. Enjoyable but back-breaking at times. Maxim has a lot of creative ideas for things to do when we're together but of course many require that we lift him. His weight is not really an issue as he is about the size of only a three-year-old. However, all of his weight is above his waist and his upper body strength is quite something. So as we hold him and play, we just have to be careful since his center of gravity is not where you would generally expect. Also, because of the way his hips are twisted, he wants to turn in unusual ways to see what is going on around him, and he is very fast. Anyway, he keeps us hopping.
Oh yes, the court date. We headed for the court building with Igor, the orphanage's attorney and a woman representative from the local administration office. We had about a half hour wait and were then called in. The judge simply asked if we were satisfied to have Igor translate everything for us, if we were satisfied to represent ourselves legally, and where we live. The orphanage attorney will need to bring the original of a particular paper rather than the copy he had today, but other than that, the judge says our papers looked good. Our final hearing is this coming Friday, December 12, at 9:30 a.m. When we are actually before the judge, Igor acts only as our translator, not our advocate.
Last night, Daniel and I both woke up a lot, thinking about today's appointment, praying about it and just hoping it would go well. Thank you for all your prayers. May everything proceed with integrity on every one's part.
We would, of course, love to have our final court hearing tomorrow, but that's not up to us so we'll be learning more lessons in patience. However, what a blessing to know we'll be past it at the end of the week. At that point, we will have been in the Kherson region for five weeks, in Ukraine for not quite six.
Right now, it's time to head back to the flat. It's colder out today; upper thirties (sorry to our family in Michigan dealing with the twenties right now) so a bowl of hot borscht sounds great right now. We're very glad the government regulators have turned the radiators back on.
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I am so glad it went well!
Z took quite a lot of coaching and prompting from us on how to help us hold him. He knows now that sudden twists and leaning will hurt us after I had to have PT for several weeks for my arm and couldn't help him like normal! Reminding ourselves that our children were mainly held for the first two years of their lives with us helps us remember to hold and carry him at times because he still needs it!
So thankful the first court hearing went fine. You're in our prayers. - Mike/Jane
We are thankful and happy this first court appearance went well, will continue to hold you up in prayer. Look forward to seeing your children and sister-in-law tomorrow. After piano lessons, the girls get busy making clothespin people and animals. They have quite a collection - I need to find more clothespins for them! It's raining here this morning, maybe melting some of this snow! Your blogs and pictures are such a great way to keep in touch while you are so far away. We miss you!
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