Comments on: The best laid plans http://www.lifeofelle.com/2009/12/02/the-best-laid-plans/ Insert Tagline Here Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:38:03 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: mom http://www.lifeofelle.com/2009/12/02/the-best-laid-plans/comment-page-1/#comment-7508 mom Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:26:33 +0000 http://www.lifeofelle.com/?p=1807#comment-7508 Efforts such as yours are heroic! It angers me that there is so much corruption in this world, especially when it concerns children. Desperately in need for basics that all of us take for granted... foolishly refused! Yay... for Galina for foraging on to gift this money that you have worked hard for! Dare I say how proud I am of YOU!!! Efforts such as yours are heroic! It angers me that there is so much corruption in this world, especially when it concerns children. Desperately in need for basics that all of us take for granted… foolishly refused! Yay… for Galina for foraging on to gift this money that you have worked hard for! Dare I say how proud I am of YOU!!!

]]> By: joel413 http://www.lifeofelle.com/2009/12/02/the-best-laid-plans/comment-page-1/#comment-7505 joel413 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:07:07 +0000 http://www.lifeofelle.com/?p=1807#comment-7505 What this sounds like to me, (the increase in sales, the highs and lows of where the money will go, etc.) is the beginnings of an established, well run and influential NPO. And I for one look forward to teh future of that organization and being as involved with it as possible. What this sounds like to me, (the increase in sales, the highs and lows of where the money will go, etc.) is the beginnings of an established, well run and influential NPO. And I for one look forward to teh future of that organization and being as involved with it as possible.

]]> By: Lee http://www.lifeofelle.com/2009/12/02/the-best-laid-plans/comment-page-1/#comment-7504 Lee Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:27:22 +0000 http://www.lifeofelle.com/?p=1807#comment-7504 It seems that God once again redirected plans to where help is needed the most. A door has opened to a new avenue for giving. Good work sis, I am proud of you! It seems that God once again redirected plans to where help is needed the most. A door has opened to a new avenue for giving. Good work sis, I am
proud of you!

]]> By: Nat http://www.lifeofelle.com/2009/12/02/the-best-laid-plans/comment-page-1/#comment-7503 Nat Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:33:44 +0000 http://www.lifeofelle.com/?p=1807#comment-7503 Sounds like typical Russian adoption stuff...lots of highs and lows, but works out in the end better than you could ever have possibly imagined. Sounds like typical Russian adoption stuff…lots of highs and lows, but works out in the end better than you could ever have possibly imagined.

]]> By: Jenny (Jens) http://www.lifeofelle.com/2009/12/02/the-best-laid-plans/comment-page-1/#comment-7502 Jenny (Jens) Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:26:13 +0000 http://www.lifeofelle.com/?p=1807#comment-7502 Ahhh orphanage corruption at its blatantest. We will take your cash but um, you want a report, nah keep your money. Sad, very sad. I hope the second orphanage can use the money and do some good with it. Your hard work is worth it Elle, really it is. Ahhh orphanage corruption at its blatantest. We will take your cash but um, you want a report, nah keep your money. Sad, very sad.

I hope the second orphanage can use the money and do some good with it. Your hard work is worth it Elle, really it is.

]]> By: Kim Hartman http://www.lifeofelle.com/2009/12/02/the-best-laid-plans/comment-page-1/#comment-7501 Kim Hartman Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:57:26 +0000 http://www.lifeofelle.com/?p=1807#comment-7501 I just want to say that I'm proud to cyber know you, you are an angel to these orphans and I'm happy to be part of this. I'm also very glad your day ended on a high note. I just want to say that I’m proud to cyber know you, you are an angel to these orphans and I’m happy to be part of this.

I’m also very glad your day ended on a high note.

]]> By: rachael http://www.lifeofelle.com/2009/12/02/the-best-laid-plans/comment-page-1/#comment-7500 rachael Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:01:27 +0000 http://www.lifeofelle.com/?p=1807#comment-7500 Plan B sounds wonderful! I love how Galina describes their happiness. We communicate with my Katya's Russian godfather by email and he writes in Russian and translates. It is interesting at times to decipher! I am always very careful with my words and sentence structure when I write back so that it will translate well. But, I bet I give him a few chuckles too. It sounds like they are inviting YOU to Russia. Are you ever going to be able to go and make the documentary you had wanted to do? Plan B sounds wonderful! I love how Galina describes their happiness.

We communicate with my Katya’s Russian godfather by email and he writes in Russian and translates. It is interesting at times to decipher! I am always very careful with my words and sentence structure when I write back so that it will translate well. But, I bet I give him a few chuckles too.

It sounds like they are inviting YOU to Russia. Are you ever going to be able to go and make the documentary you had wanted to do?

]]> By: Maggie http://www.lifeofelle.com/2009/12/02/the-best-laid-plans/comment-page-1/#comment-7499 Maggie Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:36:45 +0000 http://www.lifeofelle.com/?p=1807#comment-7499 Sorry to hear it fell through with the original children's home. I'm not terribly surprised, though. When I was trying to adopt Vlad, his orphanage director wanted big sums of money from the families that hosted kids. When she learned that, at the time of adoption, we would make orphanage contributions she was furious. That's when she started lying to the kids (telling them we'd harvest their organs and so forth) and trying to move them all into patronat homes. I can't know for sure, but I think she wanted the money right then and with no official strings attached. In any case, thank you for posting this and for finding a children's home that's glad for the funds and happy to report how it's spent. Also, I don't know if it's you or Galina insisting on TV/newspaper coverage but I think that's such a good thing. There needs to be more positive press about American families who have adopted from Russia. I don't read the Russian newspapers anymore, but goodness knows they used to be filled with negative adoption stories. (Stories, which, were sadly true, of course. But you remember how the Russian newspapers kept recycling the same stories as if they were fresh, new cases. I think they reported the Hilt story 100 times as if it were a new case.) Sorry to hear it fell through with the original children’s home. I’m not terribly surprised, though. When I was trying to adopt Vlad, his orphanage director wanted big sums of money from the families that hosted kids. When she learned that, at the time of adoption, we would make orphanage contributions she was furious. That’s when she started lying to the kids (telling them we’d harvest their organs and so forth) and trying to move them all into patronat homes. I can’t know for sure, but I think she wanted the money right then and with no official strings attached.

In any case, thank you for posting this and for finding a children’s home that’s glad for the funds and happy to report how it’s spent. Also, I don’t know if it’s you or Galina insisting on TV/newspaper coverage but I think that’s such a good thing. There needs to be more positive press about American families who have adopted from Russia. I don’t read the Russian newspapers anymore, but goodness knows they used to be filled with negative adoption stories. (Stories, which, were sadly true, of course. But you remember how the Russian newspapers kept recycling the same stories as if they were fresh, new cases. I think they reported the Hilt story 100 times as if it were a new case.)

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