Alla and I spent the entire morning at the courthouse retrieving and correcting the court hearing documents. Then in between preparing documents, we went to the orphanage at lunch time to see Olivia. Anxious to see her reaction when she saw me... it had been 2 weeks..so we all wondered... When we arrived she was eating lunch with her group, she saw me at the door, smiled and all the children said, "MaMa". Olivia was happy, but she really wanted to be able to finish eating her food. So, I waited and then she ate quickly and then ran over smiling and gave be a big hug. All the teachers said she would talk about us while we were away. They would see her watching the door each day.
After saying our hello, we informed the teacher that we needed to take her to have her passport photo done. So, they took her and changed her into what they call " party clothes." These are the nicer clothes that the children wear only for special occasions. She was so happy, especially when they allowed her to wear some pretty new shoes.
Well, this was Olivia first ride in a car. The teachers said she would probably get very upset and cry. However, she did great. She was frightened at first, but as long as I held on to her she was okay. She actually enjoyed being able to see so many new things. We returned her back to the orphanage, because we still had lots of business to take care of.
It was a happy and rewarding reunion.
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