Goodbye America

(Posted from an email sent to family & friends)

Sent: Wednesday, September 5, 2007 11:08:33 PM
Subject: Russia

Jessie and I leave for St. Petersburg, Russia on Friday afternoon and get to meet Roman and Sergei in person for the first time on Monday. We'll get to visit with them each day until we leave for Moscow Thursday afternoon. We're scheduled to be back home on Monday September 17th. Afterwards, we'll probably have to wait anywhere from 6 to 12 weeks until we get to go back for our court date.

We finally got their bedroom painted so that we could bring some photos with us to share with them. We put some small child's photo albums together with pictures of us, our extended family, our dog and our house to leave with them in between our two trips.

We also ordered two talking teddy bears and had our voices put on the recording. We spoke the Russian phrase "Я твой мама, Я твой папа, Мы любим вас". In English, it means "I am your mother, I am your father. We love you".

Keep us in your thoughts and prayers.

Pat & Jess