I thought I'd spend a few minutes describing our accommodations here in Ibague. We are in the private home of our translator. As you enter from the street there is a small courtyard surrounded by a high fence. The living room is not unlike what we would have in the States but the dining room on the back of the house is incredible; it opens to the the back courtyard. I don't mean, you open doors to the back courtyard, I mean that there is not a wall on the back side of the house! The wall is about fifteen feet behind the rest of the house and it forms the back side of the compound. The "roof' over this back courtyard/dining room is a metal grate (for security) with a tree growing through it. Every morning we dine with colorful birds who share our dining room. Honestly, birds kind of freak me out, but even I have come to enjoy them.

Our next meeting for the adoption is on Thursday. Technically, Isa has the option of saying "no". We have been told repeatedly that this never happens. Still, it makes us nervous. So pray, pray, pray!!

love, K