The Inspectors are coming

Today is our day w/the district inspectors. He/them (we don't know) will "officially" introduce us to Yanna and if all paperwk is in order allow us to visit her in orphanage. This is where we get our info background on Yanna (and hopefully) including Marina (unoffically of course) . The director is wonderful to us and we've seen the girls every day. I stand amazed! These two are precious- to see Yanna for the first time flush, out of breath, and shaking w/anticipation nearly did me in. She's such a tiny kid from what I expected for a 15 year old . Beautiful dark eyes w/a healthy glow about her- Wow! I was still doing good until after she greeted Fran then came to me w/a hug, a kiss, then sat near me and held my hand . Now I'm well aware it's winter here and these buildings are far from our U.S. standards of temperature expectations, but if you were a fly on the wall you would have seen one guy melting in that cold room!
Marina is also my surprise! What a joyful kid. She radiates life itself, so full of energy (can't wait to tapp into that energy w/ a lawnmower). And beautiful! As we're sitting in the director's room going over important preliminary information, my attention spans kicks into a familiar mode and starts to "drift". My first thought is - "these two are gonna REALLY cost me- I'm gonna have to build a perimeter fence around our place w/ a steel gate to monitor "boy" traffic. Wonder what the up charge is to electricfy it? Hmmm..
The more we visit the more we're won over. These two want to be included. They so desire a mamma and pappa. And they LOVE to be held! I have prayed for this very thing concerning these two, plus that God would put into them the same desire we have towards them. From the looks of things here, the Lord got that one months earlier....
I have 2 requests.
1. Would someone call the chapel and have us put on the prayer request e-mail? Marina's paperwork is a mess and we're not getting breakthrough yet. there has been 3 attempts to register her into the orphan data base and as yet none are being honored. After her registration is recieved there is a 1 year wait before she is eligible for us (international family). She's technically been registered since 1999, but the SDA (social adoption agency) doesn't have it (can't find it). We need prayers....
2. Would someone go to my house, unlock the workshop and pet my table saw? It's never gone this long w/o attention, and probably by now feels orphaned. Might want to set a hot coffee on it, spill a little on it's top, curse, then reach down and grab a handful of sawdust (it's everywhere) and rub it out. It needs to feel belonged. If your adventurous you could turn it on. Careful of the blade- it's a lot like Star Trek- if the nut wasn't tightened before I left that blade will go where no blades have gone before...

We love you all!
Rick