Plans were made for seeing Lily every day, but already, today did not happen as we had hoped. First of all, her "teachers" said she must stay at the "school" to practice for her graduation exercises tomorrow. She did not speak with us directly, but called our rep, Julia, who said Lily was quite upset. What a disappoint for her... again.
Then, our medicals today lasted not 3 hours but 6.5 hours... lots of standing, waiting, sitting, stripping (waist up), testing, talking... everyone was kind, but bottom line, it was a huge waste of time. They even made Mike do an extra sonogram because they thought he had an enlarged liver.
The psychiatric exam was most interesting only because the doctor stepped out of bounds when he found out I was Latvian American. He asked about 3 political questions about the relationship between Latvians and Russians (not good, btw), and I asked the Lord to help me give the "right" answers. In the end, I think he liked us both and all went well, but it was a bit dicey. We were the first to arrive, but the last to leave... ah well, it's done and we "passed" as healthy! Duh!
Mike and I had dinner at the "Literary Cafe," a historical cafe because it was the last place Pushkin, the famouse Russian writer, was seen alive. He left the cafe to fight a duel and lost. We then walked to the Field of Mars, an eternal flame marking the deaths of World Wars I & II (I think). Then we walked passed the Summer Palace, the Engineers' Palace, and the Russian Museum. We've seen them all... from the outside, always too late to go in. We did manage to get into the Cathedral of the Kazan... a breathtaking cathedral where we placed 5 candles and prayed for our new family among the many beautiful paintings and icons.
Tomorrow is Lily's graduation at Noon and afterward we go to the Notary ... in Russia, this is like an attorney who "registers" our request to the court. So far, so good on that score, at least. Lily has asked to go shopping and McDonalds... we will go to the biggest mall in St. Petersburg (almost 2 blocks long) just to oblige this small request.
Both Mike and I have had a deep calm. Thanks to the prayers of the people!
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