Thursday in Almaty

Everything is going really well. I did an update to the blog on Tuesday, but I don't see it on here. Sarah and Almira are getting along great. We have met several other American women adopting from here and we've all been hanging out together. We all went to dinner last night with Jeff and Teresa Coleman from West Monroe. We had such a good time. They have 2 daughters, one 14, Missy and one 10, Hannah. Sarah and Hannah were inseparable and holding hands by the end of the night. They are just precious people and were so kind to us. Teresa speaks Russian fluently and had a nice long talk with Almira and Allison's daughter, Kcensa (sp). She even prayed with them and told them that God loves them and has a bright future for them.

We are waiting to hear if we have an embassy appointment today. If we do, I may try and get flights home tomorrow. We will just be sitting around the hotel today waiting to hear from someone about appointments. Once we go to the embassy and they give us Almira's visa and medical package, we are done. There is a lady here from Austin, TX and she is from Shreveport and Monroe. She is alone here adopting a baby boy. She will be on the flights home tomorrow, if we get to make that flight. I will try and post from Amsterdam if we can get on the flight tomorrow morning.

Everything is going great and the city is really beautiful, with some wonderful views of the mountains. If we don't fly home on Friday, tomorrow, we may take a tour up into the mountains and see the big ice skating rink or we may just go to the mega mall, which has an ice skating rink and I heard is really nice.

Hope all is well in Monroe. I'll post again soon when I know something. HOpefully this post will show up. I have a lot of great pictures of Sarah and Almira and just the city. We'll be home soon.

Thanks,
Kathy B.