Another day of progress!

It has been more of the same this day. We were able to spend most of the afternoon with Nastyia. We picked her up this am. at the orphanage. She had just finised her classes and was very proud of her accomplishments for the day. We went from the orphanage to our apartment and as I have said spent time alone with her. Our translator was busy with getting paperwork done down town. I felt today we were maybee making a little more eye contact. Its become kind of a game I think as I catch her looking my way. The minute we make eye contact she quickly looks away. I guess the games may continue for some time and thats ok. As I post to you tonight, I must say I am feeling much better about things. Again I knew from the beginning this would take time, but its hard not to be over anxiuos.Debbie stayed back at the apartment tonight and I'm out and about on my own. Yes I am keeping a close eye out for those man holes, espesially in the dark. The streets here are very dimly lit and nearly dark. By the way those several man holes we came across last night were wide open, meaning no covers insight. These things are 8 to ten feet deep. Anyway in my defence I was keeping an eye on the little one when we stepped out of our vehicle the other day and I never even saw the man hole. Anyway no real harm done, but at first I did think it was serious. Tonight as well we have Nastyia for the night, and we will take her back to orphanage first thing in the am. for classes. Its all part of the bonding process , more and more time alone with us as we go along. We hope to have enough paperwork in place tommorrow to make a court date. We may wait up to 10 days for this so the quicker things are in order the better.
To back track a bit on some of my early comments I must say that especially in Kiev there is quite a bit of constuction going on. Parts of this beautiful city are quite alot New York. We have yet to have alot of time to sight see but that will happen towards the end of our time here. In some ways it seems We've been here longer 9 days. The biggist obsticle remains the language barrior. Until you are emersed in this culture I suppose its difficult to realize what I'm saying, for that matter any culture where the language is foriegn to your own can be an interesting adventure to say the least.
Anyway I'm starting to ramble so I'll stop for now. Thanks again for the comments. I'm happy thinks are going well at the jail Marco, give my best to the guys for me. I had no doubt that I left this in good hands with you and Bill.Thanks again for all the rest of you that keep in touch, will post again soon. Much love to all, Randy