This & That

In Colombia the children are given both their father's name as well as their mother's maiden name. So Johan's name when we leave here will be Johan Stiven Trotter Conard. (the ICBF Director teased us that the women of Colombia are more independent so that is why they keep the mother's name as well). We will go through a re-adoption process in the US where his name will be shortened.

To me 20,000 of just about anything seems like a lot. In Colombia 20,000 pesos is about $10. The currency is a little wild. Thankfully the exchange rate is an easy number (one dollar equals 2,000 pesos) which works well for my non-math brain. When looking at the price of something in Colombian pesos I just drop 3 zeros and divide by 2 and it gets me to the USD price. Of course it is made more confusing since some of the people we are dealing with want to be paid in USD and some in Pesos. Patricia asked that we pay the first week in USD. She said she saves this money for a trip to Disney World (she's been there 3 times already). Next week she would like the money in Pesos. Confusing...

No big plans for today. Our lawyer, Dr. Nohra is scheduled to stop by and pick up the papers we had notarized on Tuesday. We are waiting on one document from Bogota that will hopefully come today. Once that gets here she can file our papers with the court. The court will then assign us a judge. There are 6 judges and evidently some are faster than others - so pray for a fast one for us!

Have a good day.
Carrie