Latest from Pavlodar

We had our interview at the Dept. of Education yesterday. It went pretty well, but the Director had not had time to review our Dossier yet, so she needs to review that before she will sign the letter for the next step. It is so wonderful to be here with Svetlana; we know we are in the best hands now. She let us know that everything happened very quickly for us in Petropavlovsk and that things take considerably longer here in Pavlodar. We may not be able to go to the baby house until Tuesday, but Svetlana is doing all she can.


We have a social calendar for the first time since we’ve been here this weekend and are very excited. Tonight we are going to meet a couple that have been here in Pavlodar for a long time and are finally able to take their child home! They fly out on Sunday night, but we are looking forward to meeting them. When we first heard about the transfer to Pavlodar, we reached out to them and they have given us a lot of info and advice. We’re meeting for a pizza dinner in a couple hours. We’re also meeting a couple from Canada that are adopting here as well. They are working with Svetlana too and we are all going to meet up tomorrow afternoon!