11 Feb.

Started off today with a trip to the minimart, pan pa'ya for a little breakfast and then off to parque Jaime Duque.

Snacks in hand, sunblock 30, and a wallet filled with pesos...we took off for parque Jaime Duque, who from my understanding was the first owner of Avianca, the first Colombian owned airline. He loved Greek mythology and throughout the park you can see his passion. The first part of the tour is a zoo. I'm not a big fan of zoos, but this was nice in the fact that the habitats were very natural. (Some of the animals lived on these little islands, some in cages and some behind glass) For the most part they seemed well taken care of. Next we hit the food court and then the amusement park section of the park. Unfortunately, most of the rides were closed, being that this is the off season.

After the park we took a taxi to get our CLEAN CLOTHES! What a luxury. Really! Washing things in the sink and using febreze doesn't really cut it!

Andrés had his first English class today. I walked away crying because he doesn't even know his Spanish alphabet. I just felt so scared for him. The other parents felt bad for me...so...off we went to the hotel bar for a few beers!

As far as the process is going. I don't expect to hear anything until next Friday at the earliest. One family found out their court is closed until Feb 27th. Another family is leaving on Sat, a third family is signing "sentencia" tomorrow and the forth family is still waiting news.

I just got an email this evening from a fellow adoptive parent here, who has a friend, who knows a pastor living in Puerto Asis. This pastor has agreed to meet me at the airport and escort me with my lawyer. I have no idea who this person is, but I can't go too wrong with man of God on my side, right?

Well, thanks for reading! Love you guys!