Great News

Well, it is official. Micah Coy Yankey will be one of the clan at the end of the 10 day waiting period. We had hoped to post some pictures today but our $7 card reader was only good for about 2 times. We go by Circuit City all of the time so we will stop and get another one and try again later. Court went fine. Stacey kept me from standing up and screaming "I Object Your Honor!!!" Mainly because we had no idea what to object to. It was very friendly and relaxed and lasted less than 20 minutes. The jury consisted of 2 of the workers from the orphanage. The judge was a very young lady that seemed nice. A representative from the Inspector's office was there as well as the lawyer from the orphanage. The prayers from everyone were answered again. Not that we are surprised that they would be, but it is fun for us to acknowledge when God answers our prayers with a Yes.
We traveled to the "open market" yesterday. It was quite the experience as well. It was like the flea market at the fairgrounds only each booth was only about 4 feet long and there were LOTS of booths. We bought Coy shoes, socks, pants, shirts, pajamas, and a jacket because he does not get to take anything with him when he leaves the orphanage. We tried the clothes on him in the afternoon and he tolerated it but he does not share the love of fashion that his sister has. He does seem to be very interested in music though. We played inside today because he had a cough and he played and sang on the piano for at least 20 minutes of the hour. He would have played more if we would have let him but it was time to go. Stacey's goofy husband thought that he was video taping some of the market but when we got back in the van, he realized that all he had gotten was the inside of the camera case. We will hope to go back so that we can get some additional video tape. It would be worth our effort to document this market for our memory.
The head caregiver took pictures of Coy's bed, playroom, and table for us. They don't want us to take pictures inside of the orphanage because they don't want pictures of the other kids getting out to the internet. We learned that his group has 20 kids but only about 10 are healthy enough to go outside and play. The others are so handicapped in some way that they can not go outside. The caregivers at the orphanage seem to be very nice and friendly. The inside of the orphanage is not as bad as I had expected. They are doing a repair job on part of the orphanage right now. The court house, on the other hand, should have been torn down decades ago.
Now that the court date is done, we wait our 10 days. At the end of those 10 days, we will get a new birth certificate and passport. It is our understanding that we will have to travel to the town where he was born to get the new birth certificate. It is about 2 hours away by car. Only after we have the new birth certificate can we apply for a new passport. After we have those documents, we must return to Kyiv to take care of some paperwork at the embassy and the Adoption Center before we can leave for home. We don't know when that will be yet but the more prayers that we can get for it to be as soon as possible, the better.
I sort of feel like we are in an extra long episode of "Joan of Arcadia". That was a show that was on CBS about 3 years ago that Stacey and I really liked. God would speak to Joan in a number of different ways and he would have her often do things outside of her comfort zone. Sometimes they would turn out the way that she expected them to but often the end result was something that was unexpected but for the best of all involved. Stacey added that we are in a mix of "Joan of Arcadia" with the "Amazing Race".
We do get to go to a "performance" tomorrow for Health Day at the orphanage. Given Coy's apparent appreciation for music, we are expecting him to be quite the star. Unfortunately, we don't think that we will be able to video tape or take pictures. We have met another couple from Missouri that are here adopting an 19 month old boy. Another couple that we met that is from Italy is leaving today to go back to Kyiv. They have adopted a 4 year old boy. Coy does try to talk a lot and is often smiling and happy and that is good. He shows emotions too, which is also good.
Since we can not post pictures today, we will probably cut this post short and hope to be able to post them the next time that we come to the internet cafe. We so love getting the messages and e-mails from everyone. If you come across our children that are in the US already, please give them an extra hug and a kiss from their mommy and daddy. It would be greatly appreciated by us.