We passed court yesterday! So today is the first day that we get to have Crew for the whole day outside of the orphanage. Here are some pictures from the last couple of days. Everything is going great and we'll update more later. Just thought you might want to see little Crew!

remembering

Today we went to the court early this morning so that we could state our case for adoption before the judge. We got that done fairly quickly and all seemed to go well. We hope to have a ruling soon! After court we came back to the hotel and had a few hours so we walked around town and ended up at the soccer stadium. They let us in and we watched the Junior Rwandan Team practice for a while. We made it back to the hotel to eat and then meet up with the other families. We went to the Kigali Genocide Memorial which is very well done. The beautiful gardens show the life that goes on next to the mass graves of over 200,000. Inside we were educated on the history of Rwanda, then events that led up to the genocide and the reconciliation after the genocide. There is also a room of pictures that families have sent in of those who were killed. Upstairs was an area dedicated to remembering other genocides throughout history and then a room dedicated to the children that were killed. Very sobering - but Rwanda is certainly healing and growing as a country.

We look forward to visiting our children again tomorrow!

In Rwanda

We are in Rwanda! It is a beautiful country - green and hilly. We have been here about 48 hours and able to see Crew a couple of times! He is precious and starting to show us his personality. Internet is slow and it has been a little difficult to get online, but a break this afternoon has given us some time. The other families that we are traveling with are wonderful and our in country guides are absolutely incredible.

Hopefully more later!