Today marks one year since Max became our legally adopted
son. On this day (Friday 22 July 2011) one year ago we were picked up by our
Facilitator who had the signed court papers and a new birth certificate that
showed that Max was now Benjamin Maxim
Burger. The first thing we had to do was go by the bank and close out the
account that was in Max's name. The next stop was at the orphanage, where we
met with the Director and donated the money that we had just received from
Max's closed account. Next we went to get Max, and put him in cloths that we
had brought especially for this day. This was the first time he had ever worn
cloths that were his only and not communal. We left the orphanage to never
return on this trip. The next 4 hrs were long and hard. We had to have Max's
picture taken (not an easy task) for his passport, complete the paperwork for
it and sign more papers. At the end of the day we were given a package of
papers that had to be copied and the copies were to be filed with the local government
office.
Now to that evening. Max was in a whirlwind, he had been
taken from the only life he had ever known (the orphanage) and was with people
he that he had seen twice a day, (everyday) for the last 5 weeks and in a
strange place (the apartment we were renting). Needless to say that none of us
got very much sleep that night.
This blog will be continued next week, when we do a year in
review from the day we got home until one year later.
