Sunday. Today is June 1st. It is the 10 year anniversary of my employment with my company, QORE. They have been very good to me and my branch has been very supportive of our adoption and my trip over here. I have been working on some reports in the evenings and need to get them emailed back to be distributed.
Enough of work. Let's talk about The Princess. Today, Ellie wasn't feeling well. She wouldn't take her pacifier, she fidgeted, had the hiccups, burped - yes, burped. Joshua is going to have a challenge on his hands. She wouldn't even eat her formula. We think that it is because of the formula change, but we are here today without our interpreter, so we hand to communicate with the caregivers by hand gestures. While we were with Ellie, a huge group of men and women came through the entrance of the orphanage. I thought it strange and realized that they were Americans (we stand out in a crowd as we are the only ones wearing tennis shoes, blue jeans and t-shirts). After spending some time with Ellie, I was standing in the courtyard as two of them headed out to the street to take a smoke. On there way back through, they said hello and realized that we were Americans as well. Turns out that they are service men and women with the American Airbase stationed at Manas International Airport in Bishkek. The airbase provides support operations for the efforts in this part of the world. Today, was International Children's Day in Kyrgyzstan, an event sponsored by Unicef, and they were stopping by orphanages to deliver supplies. They help support this orphanage and 9 others throughout the region. It was humbling to see these men and women, who put their lives on the line daily, to stop and visit with these children.
We left the orphanage and went to see a historical place not to far from Tokmok. You can read more about it in Maria's and Joshua's blog. After that, it was time to head back home - Bishkek that is.
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