- 3/28/2007 3:15:46 PMDay 6 - Wednesday - Dentist VisitToday, Yuri has his follow up visit at the dentist. Peggy says that the translator was about 20 minutes late and that Yuri was again scared to death. According to Evelyn the dentist, Yuri has had some significant work done in his mouth and whether done by a good dentist or bad, it must have been quite an ordeal for him to go through. Fortunately, what ever problem he had was caught in time. There are some cavities on some of the baby teeth he has left, but the adult teeth he has look good.
Peggy explained to the translator that yesterday was not a good day. Yuri was very defiant and disobedient. She told Peggy that we need to be firm with Yuri - he needs it. Peggy said that she decided "this MY house" and that she was not going to take any sassy behavior from Yuri. The day went better for her and Yuri seemed to respond better to stricter rules.
At work, I talked things over with Patrick. I explained to him the rough estimated cost of adopting and that Peggy had added up the estimated costs given to us. It came to around $37,000. I had not actually looked over the numbers myself and was taking her word for it. I decided to add the numbers myself. Yes - definitely at least $37k. Probably closer to $40k because there were a few items they said had to be paid for but there was no cost listed. Patrick showed me an email he had received from a friend who adopted from Russia. They adopted 2 girls and it cost around $50k. This is consistent with the numbers we were given. Patrick's friends live in Seattle and took out a 2nd mortgage on their home. Homes out there are much more expensive on average than here in the mid-west. I don't have that kind of equity in my home to take out a 2nd mortgage. At this point I have concluded that for this adoption to work, God will have to provide the finances for it. Patrick suggested putting out a fleece like Gideon. I don't know if I want to do that. I don't know if I want to adopt Yuri.
On Wednesdays we always have pizza for supper. It is a quick meal and helps us get out of the house on time so we can make it to Church Youth Group and Awana. Yuri seemed very excited about pizza although when he saw the frozen American style pizza we eat, he looked less enthused. Cheese with sausage and pepperoni, Cheese-burger, and Mexican.
Yuri put on his Awana shirt which he as part of the donated clothes from Patrick and Wendy and Wendy's co-worker Zoya and Zoya's friends at Good-Will. All together, they have donated a ton of clothes for Yuri and the orphanage he will return to. Thank you very much for all of your help!
We went to church where Yuri saw Grandma Carol signing kids in. She gave him a big hug. Yuri ran around and played games with the other kids. While they were doing their memory verses, Peggy brought Yuri around to see what the other kids were doing.
When we got home, we watched Lost on TV and ate Pringles. Yuri likes them and finished off a tube of pizza flavored chips. Then he conned Emily into trading and empty tube for what ever she had. I think his mind is somewhere between clever and devious. He thought it was pretty funny. Emily thought otherwise and gave him "the look".
