Our driver and a different interpreter, Aliye, picked us up today at 9 a.m. We had not met Aliye yet because she just got back from escorting a child to the US. We couldn’t believe it when she told us she had escorted the child to Montgomery, AL and the family drove Aliye down to Pensacola Beach to spend a day! It’s definitely a small world. I could have had her go by my house and get some clothes for us. Although, all my favorite clothes are somewhere in this world in my suitcase.
Robert didn’t even shed a tear when he saw us today. He actually seemed like he wanted to go with us. We had a good two hours with him. He even spoke to us today for the first time. One of the wheels came off a toy car and when I put the wheel back on for him he said something. What he said, I have no idea, but he finally spoke to us. We had Aliye explain to him that he would be getting a new name, too. She was very good with him. When his caretaker came to get him for lunch he didn’t jump up and go to her like he’s been doing. The language barrier is definitely the biggest problem. I spent hours before we came over here listening to Russian tapes so I could at least speak a few words to him. It turns out that they speak Kazakh to the children now. When we were over here for Russell they spoke Russian to him. Things are constantly changing.
It’s a rainy day here so we just walked to the pizza place and back. Looks like it will be an apartment day. Hopefully it will let up tonight so we don’t get too wet going to the internet café for our video chat back home.
2 comments:
Nancy,
Robert looks so happy in today's photo. Ya'll really are making progress with him.
So sorry about your luggage. I just hope you will get it back eventually.
Hope Russell is doing well.
Kae
Hi..I check your blog every day to see how things are coming along. It looks as if he's getting used to having you around, and enjoying your company. At the age of 3, though, his friends are probably more important to him than they would be if he were younger and still basically played by himself while being around others. The picture of him smiling while playing with you is priceless! I'm glad that your new interpreter got a chance to see where Robert will live. It's good that they know that the children will be in a wonderful place. If you get a chance, tell us in your blog how Russell is handling being away from you, (and how you are handling being away from him). Miss you....Love, Mom
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