First day of adoption training class down...

...four more hours to go.

We had a good time in our adoption training class today. I didn't realize exactly what "attachment" is and how it could be missing from a child in an orphanage. There was a ton of good information. There were two other couples in our class today as well. One of the couples was adopting a 16 year old from the Ukraine. They had 11 other kids ranging from 4 years old to 27 years old. The second couple is adopting from Russia, an 11 year old boy and a 7 or 8 year old girl. It was an interesting dynamic, but I think we all learned a lot. This agency here in Omaha that we are using for our homestudy has been very helpful so far and have answered all the questions we've had.

We saw another video on the orphanages there. It looked pretty much like the other videos we've seen, which is comforting. Probably the funniest part was all the kids on their potty chairs. (some were just pans). They all go at the same time after eating. Their lives are very structured, I guess that includes bathroom breaks? Jenny liked all 12 of the kids we saw and wanted to go over there and take all of them home.

Rich