The day after the appointment

Today was very stressful. We still do not know if we will get a second appointment or not. We have talked to both our facilitator and our agency and can't seem to get a direct answer on our situation. We are trying to get another appointment for either Thursday or Friday but it doesn't look good right now. We have been told that other families have been waiting 2 weeks for a second referral so they are being seen first. The adoption center is closing on Monday, April 1st. As far as we know the adoption center will only complete the adoption process after April 1st for those who have accepted their referrals this week. This is why it is important to have a referral by this Friday so we can continue this process. If not we could be coming home without a child. On a brighter note, Karen and I are getting comfortable with our surroundings. We feel safe and are even speaking a little bit of Russian to the locals. We did make it to the downtown Kiev mall today. It almost looks the same as our malls. We had a nice lunch looking over downtown Kiev. We also got to see what the movie poster of ICE AGE II looks like in Ukrainian. After the mall we found a big grocery store and did some food shopping. Karen is attached to Chiken Kiev, while I like the chicken wings and Lays potato chips. The sun finally came out today, first time since we have been here and the weather is warm (probably about 50 degrees). Please continue to keep us in your prayers.