Pray for the girls...

We are all still doing well, but we would appreciate prayers for the girls as they both face a large life change. They have lived in the orphanage their entire lives. They may "like" us, but this is their "home" as of right now. They do not understand what life should have been or what life would have become. They only know life as it has been and we are about to be ripping them from that life. We have already seen some signs that this may be very hard on them. When we took them back from our evening visit Friday night Sophia's group was not in their area yet. I waited with her in the hallway. She was getting 'concerned' and tried to go into the group area a couple of times, but the door was locked. She was relieved when her group came back. Anastasia has gotten upset the last couple of visits when her group goes by without her. We took her back early yesterday because she had led us to their normal play ground and then she looked around for everyone. Afterwards her group came up and she was so happy to see her friends. When they started to go in she became very upset. We kept her with us, but walked behind the group and let her stay with her group. She had already cheered up before we said goodbye. It is just these little exchanges that make it real what these little girls are about to experience. They love these people. They have been their "family" until now. They do not know what life can be and they will miss this place a lot. We know that they would be missing it either way because we understand that they HAVE to leave here. To live with us or to live out a short life in a mental institute. They just do not understand the reality and for them it will be very sad and scary to start.