Day 8

Friday, May 11, 2012

 Not much to tell about today. We met a lady downstairs at 9:00 this morning. She walked us to the notary's office several blocks away.  There we met a lady from Sweden who has also been on her first visit this week. Another lady from the agency here read all of our documents to us in English (since they are written in Bulgarian). We signed them and had them notarized and headed out. Back on the street, there was one other couple arriving to sign papers. Turns out they were from Rhode Island. We barely got their names and what region they had visited before they were taken in. I hated that we did not have a chance to talk.

 We ventured out on our own to find our way to our apartment. They offered to drive us, but we were pretty confident we could find it. And we did. Even with all the walking, it still wasn't 10:00 yet when we returned. Fatigue has definitely caught up with us. We rested and took a nap, went out for another round of the Italian ice cream, came back and rested some more. Tim, of course, spent some of his time working on school work he brought with him.  We have Skyped more with Colton and Eli today since their cousins have headed home. Now they are ready for us to get back. They REALLY wanted us to come home WITH  the kids. We have repacked the suitcases. So far we have been able to pack a smaller one and put it inside the big one.  That way we can check the 2-in-1 and one other bag and only take one small bag on the plane instead of two like we did coming here.  Please pray for safe travel and that we won't miss the plane in Chicago where we have a fairly short layover.   Next week more fingerprints, more government paperwork, and more grant applications.