Keeping Busy Til Dinner!

I am so excited, I can't lay down and rest. We have about 2 hours until dinner, and I decided to unpack all our bags, and organize the gifts we brought for the orphanage workers, and our coordinator. Once I finished that, I filled the gift bags we brought  with us with all the clothes we are donating to the orphanage. We were so busy this past week with preparing to leave, that I didn't mention that we were allowed to each bring another check-in bag, no charge! So we quickly loaded up two additional suitcases with extra clothes that were given to us for Landon...and then to be passed on to another in need if we didn't need them. After 5 showers, and picking through a few friends' donated clothes, we still had tons left over to bring with us. Here are some pictures!

These are homemade scarves that my mom, my cousin, Hannah, me, and some girls from Agape helped make! Thank you to all who helped!!!

Here is a note in Russian that we have tied to all the scarves with a ribbon.

Our note of thanks and appreciation for our boy's care over this past year was translated by Patti's in-laws...thank you Gafts!!! 

Here are all the clothes we are leaving at the orphanage! Little boy clothes and shoes!!! Much needed!

Here are all the toys we brought to play with him this time (and we are going to bring most of them back home too...rather than leaving them this time) and 2 sneakers in sizes 6 and 7 to see what size he is!

Our call from Olga just came! Here's our itinerary:

Monday and Tuesday we are being picked up at 9:00, and will be driving to the orphanage to visit with Landon. The orphanage in traffic, is about 45 min- 1 hour away...much better than 2-3 hours from the hotel before!  Then, our court time is scheduled for 10:30 on Wednesday. We are being picked up at 9:45, b/c it's only 5 min. from our hotel. Please keep this time especially in prayer!  Olga anticipates our court decree being ready on Dec. 21st...so that may be our Gotcha day! (sorry Aunt Lori!)  If we can, we will also be visiting Landon in the afternoon after court.

Off to dinner!! (so much easier to post updates when internet access is in our room!)