Sunday, July 10, 2011

Time to kill & some pictures

We had absolutely nothing to do today....This made for a very hard day emotionally for me. It really hit me how much I all ready miss the kids & home. The weather was cooler today & grey outside to go with the grey buildings. It's very hard not to be depressed here. I am also still feeling the effects of plane & car sickness from yesterday with the anticipation of court in 2 days on top of it. I'm having a hard time...5 days down, 23 to go before we leave for home. We went to the other grocery store that's a few blocks away & liked it better than the other one. They had a better produce selection (you have to be careful with that here) & some American brands. We bought some groceries to get us through the next few days & headed back to the apartment. After lunch we took a walk to "the mall" & found a few things to take back for the kids. Then we walked around, took a few pictures of things around town, & headed back towards the apartment. There's not a whole lot to do here....
We saw the poverty & sadness of the city today. We took a different street back to the apartment & passed through a long line of people trying to sell produce on the street. There were elderly people & children begging. One little girl tried to follow us & tried pulling on my purse. It was sad to tell her "no" in Russian, but her mother had sent her to beg from us. It was obvious she would've kept following us if we had given her anything...so heart wrenching. We are so grateful that we will soon be leaving here with our son, but we know our experience here has greater purpose. We are forever changed & have such a greater appreciation for what we have & where we live. Every American needs to experience a country like this...the poverty & depression is just at a whole different level than what we are used to seeing.
Tomorrow will be our first visit with our little guy. We are really looking forward to it & can't wait to see him again! Tuesday is the big day-COURT DAY!!! We really need your prayers over the next 2 days. I am especially having a really hard time emotionally with all of this. I have never been so torn up as a mom....we HAVE to be here on the other side of the world so we can get our son & have missed him SO MUCH, but we miss our 3 kids at home so much it hurts. We know this is a very short time in the grand scheme of life, but it's really hard. I'm really hoping that seeing him tomorrow will lift my spirits & that getting through court will ease some of the stress. Please pray...we are very isolated here & need any piece of hope & sunshine we can get right now. Here are some pictures of Krasnoyarsk in the summertime...NO SNOW!

1 comment:

  1. Hang in there. It will all be worth it! I know how hard it must be. I am continuing to pray for you and Andrew and we are sending our love from Fontana!! HUGS!!! Enjoy your visit with Jonathon today!!!

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