Update day 18

::sigh::
So we didn't get the passports last week.
The judge forgot to sign and seal the papers needed, so we had to wait 2 days to get them.
By the time we did, the passport office was closed, and the man we were working with went on vacation.
It is Tuesday the 18th here as I write this, and we are going to go into town and see if we can't get them today.
Once we get the passports, we can make our appointment with the Embassy to get visas, and then we can bring the girls home.
Many have asked if we have met with the girls' fathers yet, and the answer is yes.
They were at the original court meeting.
Aisha was indifferent to her father. He is a much older gentleman, and she was much younger when she was sent to the orphanage, so I don't envision that they bonded too much.
Flavia was very happy to see her father. She gave him a hug, but then resumed her coloring.
It was awkward of course.
The gentlemen gave us phone numbers and email addresses to contact them.
We are struggling with this because Flavia's father has already asked another family who has his other children for money.
That happens a lot around here. Everyone has a story to tell you, everyone needs more money.
One guy walked up to the car window and angrily said to Scot, "You're a white man, and you have much money, so you need to give me some."
Another young-20's man approached us while we were on a walk and struck up a conversation with Scot about "What's America like?" and then he told us about his home country, and what he does for a living, but then got into how they don't pay him enough and he requested money for airtime for his phone.
Scot has become very proficient at politely telling everybody "No."
We worry that these men might make the girls feel guilty since they are in America, and then put us in the middle to ask the girls to tell us to send money, and then if we don't, we're bad people. We also don't want the girls feeling like they need to work to send their own money to these men. Flavia's father has a job, and was financially capable of taking care of her, it's just his second wife didn't want the kids, so they were all sent away.
I can see where Aisha's father may struggle more, but the stories we heard about him being nearly blind do not seem to be true.
Pray for us on that one please.
Gotta go, our ride is here.

Love you all!!