We thought we would never make it, but through 3 flights and 22 hours in the air we're hear!! It is so good to hear form everyone.We got to Moscow at 10:45 Sunday morning, it's now Sunday at 10:20pm. We have mostly slept the day away.We were met by Irena and Lana today at the airport, they work for Children's Hope in Vlad.They are really nice and told us not to worry about anything because they would let us know when to do everything. The hotel is called the Vlad Inn, The workers can all speak english here so that is nice to hear for a change. Irena and Lana can speak english well also.The internet seems to be a lot cheaper here than in Moscow, so maybe we can catch up on more that is going on.
While we were in Mosow our drivers name was Vitaly, he was nice and very helpful at the airport. We will be pickes up at 9:00am on Monday morning to go meet with the Ministry of Education. I am pretty sur that we will then go to meet Noah. It should take us about an hour to get to the orphanage that Noah is in, from our hotel in Vlad. That may seem like a lot of riding back and forth for a week, but we know people who had to ride 3 hours one way daily.
There are a lot of people in the hotel that are adopting.Some of them are on their first trip and some are on their second. We need to buddy up with them and find out where to buy a few groceries, among other things. We may have to borrow someones laptop because it does not look like we will be able to hook our camera up to this computer, sorry.
Tomorrow is our BIG DAY!!! We are going to record everything so just be patient and you'll all see it soon enough. We are not able to send photos of Noah anyway. I can't wait to see him for the first time, I know it is going to be the most special thing in the world .
Thank you to everyone who is reading and writing on the blog, it is very uplifting to hear from family and friends when you are over half way around the world and don't know anyone.
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Yay, so glad you made it! Please tell Irina & Lana "hello" for us! I can't wait to hear how your first meeting went. In fact, if I'm doing the math right in my head (it's been a while since I've had to think of the time difference), y'all are getting ready to head out to the MoE soon! Best wishes - I'm looking forward to hearing all about it! :)
Hey yall! We are so glad to hear that you made it around the world OK! I think about yall all the time.....wondering what yall are doing and how excited you are. I'm sure that by the time you read this, it will be the BIG day. YEA!!! We hope that everything goes smooth for yall and that little Noah is everything that yall have been dreaming of. Good Luck and We can't wait to hear how the first visit goes. We are praying for you and We Love Yall!
Amy, Shane, and The Girls :-)
Hey Guys. I just figured out how to blog. SOOOOOO excited for ya'll. As I am writing this, I am wondering what time it is in Russia and if you may be meeting your son right now. won't keep you long, I know ya'll have much more important things to think abouit. Love ya-Jessica
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