Goodnight or Good Morning from Kazakhstan

After about 40 hours in a car, on a plane or just sitting in an airport we finally made it. We actually were able to get to our final destination, Ust Kamenogork, quicker than if it would have gone as planned. This biggest issue is some of our luggage was lost in Frankfort, Germany. The bag we are missing has all of our winter clothes, almost all of the toys we brought and also our entertainment (cards). They seemed quite sure that it would be found, mainly because about 18 other people on that flight lost there's as well. Most of you know that I can get a little crazy when things are not going perfect. It was clear that God was taking care of me and my nerves. We were both so very calm, this could be because we had not slept but 3 hours in the past two days. I hope we are able to continue this attitude throughout the trip.

It is beautiful here. Everything is covered with snow. There actually people making ice castles outside. We can see them from our hotel room. So neat!

We will get to go to the orphanage tomorrow at 10:00am and meet our little one! This should be around 10:00pm Sunday night for most of you. We still do not know anything about him or her. We might be here for about 5 weeks. The first two weeks is an observed bonding period. After this is complete we will be waiting for our court date. This is the reason it might take so long. Because of the holidays it might be harder get one. After we have our court date we come back to the US without our child. There is mandatory two week waiting period before the little one is declared ours. After this they start the paperwork, this stage could take from 4-6 weeks. Once it is all complete, I will probably travel back alone to bring our baby home.

I am going to go now because I am scared that our power converter might explode. (we didn't read the instructions and it is not supposed to be used with computers, oops). I will be back tomorrow with hopefully fantastic news!

I also forgot to mention that we are not allowed to post any pictures of the baby until him/her is officially our son or daughter. I will be able to tell you some about them and share pictures of the fantastic scenery.

Good Night or Good morning,

Cindy