Going to the orphanage

Hi! It's Wed. eve. here. Kevin is feeling a bit under the weather...hope it is nothing serious. Wow, let me tell you, the good ole USA will be looking mighty geat to two Russian travelers come Sun. night.We are staying with Aleksey and Olga and their two little girls, Sonja(4) and Diana(1 1/2). They live in what they call a flat on the 9th floor of an apartment building. They have a nice house, and are taking very good care of us. This morning, the driver picked Aleksey and us up, and we went to meet the Ministry of ED. official. A translater by the name of Xana, met us there too. After officially excepting the referral, Aleksey called the orphanage and got permission to visit Angelina. We were shown into a music room, and after a while a caregiver came in with her. she looked exactly like in the pictures...scared out of her wits. After talking a bit, the lady plopped her down on the couch beside me and left. We talked to her and tried to play with her, and absolutely no response, except to stare. She thawed out a bit, but not much in the half hour we were with her. Then we visited the chief DR. of the orhanage, to find out her history. After going home for lunch and resting we went back for another couple of hours. After trying our best to charm her, she started to show us signs of her personality. And yes, we got her to smile, finally! We will go back tomorrow again. I've read over and over again that bells won't ring or angels sing when you meet your child for the first time. That is very true! Of course they want us to decide for sure if she is ours. Please continue to pray...we are feeling very in need of your support at this point.