Today the adoption is finalized. We receive the adoption certificate and they officially become part of our family! The awkwardness is over and now we use the translator when we cannot understand each other. Our guide, Lisa, is a fabulous bridge for our communication deficits.
The girls are very smart and surprise us each day at how much English they know. I do think they can read it better than understand it spoken. That will change once they are immersed into the language once returning to the states. We are getting by with the translator we brought when we cannot understand each other. There is not a moment when they are not smiling or being helpful. They like to serve us and make sure they are tidy.
We have been amazed at how much they understand American culture and how to care for themselves. They just got done putting together a 300 piece puzzle with Kyle. We have no other puzzles as they have mastered all of them and in record time!
Today we did some shopping to get the girls some things they need and want. After shopping we watched a movie and hung out in the room.
Tomorrow we visit their orphanage and their two older biological sisters that have timed out of the system. We will also go to their place of abandonment in the city where they were found on the side of the road.
2 Corinthians 13:14 “May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.”
Photo captions: First: At Civil Affairs final adoption place; Second: Final adoption certificates with orphanage personnel.
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