It's time for another Trip #1 story:
(Gather 'round please)
One of our translators in Novokuznetsk was Olga. Now, when you think of an "Olga" you may picture a large, older woman with facial hair (and a mysterious capability to benchpress 200 lbs) - but the truth is that our Olga was not really your stereotypical "Olga". She was about 25 years old. Nice looking. Always well kept and well dressed. Her English was extremely good and Katie and I even commented a few different times on how she came to be so well off and had such a great job.
Are you ready for the punchline? She was an orphan.
We were amazed. It turns out that she has been to college and is even considering getting a master's degree. Amazing.
But here's a cool story that goes with it. We exchanged emails before we left and just today we received an email from her. It read:
I am really glad to hear from you!
Pavel is fine!I saw him 2 weeks ago and going to see him next week because I am having more families ...
How are you doing? That would be fine to keep in touch.
Olga
So how cool is that? Zac is doing well!!! We're going to write her back to see if we can get more details next time. I can't tell you how encouraging it is to hear about him during this painfully long waiting part of the adoption.
2 comments:
so neat that you received an update! i'm hoping you hear about your court date soon.
How nice that you can hear some snippet of news, it really helps with the wait, doesn't it.
We recieved an email once during our wait from our coordinator (through our agency). It said, "Please tell **** that we went to see Katya. She is fine." I was hoping for more elaboration, but that little snippet was precious.
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