Wednesday...It's only Wednesday...Seriously!!!

So today has been a very interesting day. I suppose I should start off with the new adoption news that is going with us. So today we FINALLY received a call from our facilitator. The reason that they called was to tell us that our court date MIGHT be on Tuesday. The facilitator told us they would call back tonight to let us know the time and to confirm that we had a court date...but it has been 8 hours...so I don't think they will be calling back. This is getting a little frustrating since they told us that court was on Monday and now its been changed. We have already been pushed back a week in comparison to all of the other families that have come and gone. Got to love the help and support that we are getting over here.

On the bright side, the family that we are staying with are unbelievably amazing. They go above
and beyond every single day for us. It really helps us pass the time and to fight off the home
sickness by making us feel like they are just an extention of our family living over here. The cooking lessons are going well. They have been helping to keep my mind off of this frustrating experience, and how we have been abandonded in a foreign country. The borsh from the other night was amazing!! At first the "blood soup" idea turned Amanda off, but when she tried it, she loved it. It is basically beef vegatable soup with fried beets thrown in for the last 5 minutes of cooking to turn the broth red. Tonight I learned how to make Basturma, which was basially layered beef stew. That was simply amazing as well. I can't wait for our next fellowship lunch after church to try out the new recipes that I am collecting. The asked me about sarma, and I had mentioned that I knew how to make it so I think I won a few brownie points by already knowing how to cook that.

Other than that, it has been pretty much the same thing day in and day out. The kids are amazing and each day we are growing closer and closer to them. Everyone has heard the saying 'knowledge is power' and that saying is also true over here. It is just too bad that we don't have any knowledge. This process is run on a need to know basis, and we are told we don't need to know, which is sad because it is our adoption process we are asking about. Please be in prayer that the process goes smoothly, because at this point only God knows what is actually going on and where we are at. We are blessed each day with the priviledge of seeing and playing with our kids. Please continue to pray for the Burmans as well as then encounter even more hardache and strife then we are seeing. It has been a huge blessing to have them along side of us, but to give you an idea of how far behind and how much they are getting hassled around, they should have been home on their 10 wating period a week and a half ago.

So far this trip has had its ups and downs. We praise the Lord for all of the ups and cry through all of the downs. We covet you prayers and rejoice with you all during the thanksgivings. We continue to miss and pray for all of you at home as we are one day closer to coming home,... hopefully!