Second Time Around

At 4 PM today we went in to the SDA for our second meeting. Early in the session, we asked if a boy named Sergei from the same orphanage where Andre and Roman live. We had also played with Sergei and liked him very much. We had been assured he was available for international adoption. However, the SDA representative searched files and computer databases but came up empty.

We were then presented three sets of siblings. In one case, both siblings were far older than what we felt was right for us. The two other pairs were: two girls (6 and 4 years) for Kharkov in the east and two boys (7 and 5) from Kherson in the south (Crimea region).

We felt better about the boys and so indicated to the SDA person that we would go to visit them. Their names are Alexander and Oleg. Maggie is to pick up the official referral letter from the SDA at 5 PM tomorrow then hop on a train at 9:45 PM for the 12-hour trip. Train travel here is safe and fairly reasonable but anything but fast. So, we look forward to meeting Alexei and Oleg on Wednesday and hope to "know" soon after if they are to be our children!