And now for some poetry....

(Gareth)

Ahem (clears throat). And now a series of haikus from our first week in Hungary....ahem...

Day 1

Ride to foster home,

Meet the kids for the first time.

We are excited!

Day 2

Stop jumping on the

furniture, and stop running

up and down the stairs!

See the kids again--

Kids come to our apartment.

They went so crazy.

Day 3

“Nem!” is our new word,

Indoor playground, McDonald's!

Today was better.

The only thing that

occupies Little Sister--

songs on my shoulders.

Day 4

Sidewalk chalk today!

Used time-out sad chair some.

We also fed ducks!

Day 5

To the zoo today!

Stay with us, don't run AWAY!

Spaghetti for lunch.

Day 6

Go away, you rain!

Social workers come today

to talk to the kids.

Day 7

First time on the bus,

took visa photos today,

Gotcha tomorrow!

Last foster home day,

We survived the shopping mall,

Now time for a date:)

Thank you.

Tomorrow (Thursday) is “Gotcha Day!” We will go to an appointment here in Miskolc to get temporary custody of the kids and then go pick them up! No more sending them back after this! The next couple of days will be a hard transition for the kids. They have to say goodbye to the only real family they've known for the past 5 years. This family seems really nice, and we believe they've tried hard to take good care of them. I think it'll be an emotional day for everyone. Happy and sad tears for the next couple of days. It will also be confusing for them that we aren't going straight to America. We have to stay 30 days until it's all finalized. We are expecting them to regress some and be sad. We are expecting them to be confused. We helped them pack their suitcases today.

Pray for us to know how to best respond to them as we cannot clearly communicate. Pray for us to have wisdom on how to fill the days with fun, bonding activities.

The adventure truly begins!

Stay tuned for the name reveal tomorrow :)