Prayer Update

We met with the social workers last week on Tuesday. They briefed us a little on what to expect next week meeting the children. Today is Saturday so it is only 2 days away! Tomorrow we leave Plovdiv to go to the town they live in, Dimitrovgrad.


We have a pretty big task next week lined out for us. It is the week that is primarily dedicated to "transition." The next time we will see the kids after this trip they will be ours and we will pick them up and bring them to a different town in a hotel for 2 weeks then to America. They not only need to transition to us, but also to one another. They live with 4 different foster families currently. The older 2 may not really know the younger 2 much at all anymore. So part of the big task is reaffirming a bond with all 5 siblings (Miriam included) and us. What that means practically is providing a happy and positive atmosphere with lots of fun activities, food, and hopefully getting to the point of the children wanting to come to us for physical affection and looking forward to our presence. That is a big task for one week! But again, it is just the beginning. After next week they told us that we will want to send cards and trinkets every few days to keep up the emotional bond and perhaps skype if their foster families have internet access.


Today and tomorrow we will take it easy and enjoy the last bit of sightseeing.