Saturday, May 25, 2013

Day 12 of our adoption journey


Day 12

Yesterday I miscalculated my days and Kathy corrected me so here we are at day 12.  Yesterday morning I did my walk back to town to the Bank and then to the grocery store.  Believe it or not you can find some of the same things here you can at home.  Recently while shopping I looked down and saw Nutella which we get at home and the children love it.  Of course Poppa likes it to on bread and Brandy also mixes it with Cool Whip to make a delicious pie. 

It is Saturday night here and again they is a party going on down stars, and just let me tell you they only know one setting and that is LOUD.  And it goes on until about 11:00 PM.  So we just plug a movie in the Laptop and shut the window and turn up the volume so we can hear.  Helps also if you turn on the Closed Caption.  They had a party last night also so Kathy and I are beginning to wonder if this is not party central because they love to party and enjoy celebrating birthdays, weddings and this weekend must be the celebration that school is out.  But we are finding out the people are very friendly.  They understand we do not speak their language or they our but we are finding ways to communicate that is working quite well.  For one thing, we save one of the tickets from a meal we both loved and today we just pulled the ticket out again and showed it to them and they understood.

I am importing three images of some of the food we are eating.  This one is my favorite it is chicken that has been flatten battered and fried with fried potatoes. 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The next picture is of a bean soup that facilitator recommended and Kathy loves it. It is server in a bread bowl.



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
And this is a favorite of both of ours.  Not just here but at home as well DELICIOUS!!!!



 
 
 
 
 
 
Today we had another GREAT time with “H” and he is a true delight to be with and we are just amazed at how fast he is learning the ASL.  Signing is one thing but learning to write in English will be a bridge we will cross when we are home.  Our daughter has many flash cards that we can use to help him.  We have also learned very quickly that his computer time will have to be limited because when he has his NABI he zones out, and the learning for the day is over.  So in many way he is just your typical child that has a most wonderful sense of humor.

He has been asking one of the Directors when we were going to take him to America.  We typed up a document of the steps that we have to take and how long in the process each step takes based on what we know.  After I had it typed and checked I sent it through Microsoft to have it translated into their language and loaded it on my Android PAD and she was able to read it and understand.  Then she helped us by explaining it to “H” so he could understand which he did. We know that God is in control of it all and we are just praying that out court date is next week or the first week in June. 
Love to all and we miss you so much
Rev. Ben and Kathy Dailey

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