Day 2-What if Anya says no?

Vika told us that the day before, Anya was terrified and she thought Anya knew a lot more than anyone suspected, since adoption was not supposed to have been brought up. Upon arriving at the orphanage, Ekataterina came out, was walking and talking with Vika, but made sure to reach her arm out to me and give me a pat and squeeze.

We met with Anya again in the gazebo, had a little chocolate and played with the ball, magnets and other toys. She voted me the worst ball played. I might be offended if it weren't true! Anya asked if she could bring the magnet toys into her group to share and there she stayed. Since we were told that she is very generous and concerned about others, offering to massage her caregivers' arms, Dave came up with a brilliant idea. We decided to bring back gifts for the 20 orphans in her building (and chocolates and cookies for the 23 boys in their building) and have Anya pass them out so she could be the one sharing. After the trip, we picked up boxed juices, bananas (a real treat for orphans), chocolate and cookies. She was delighted the next day to be able to pass them out. Vika also asked me to make a slide show on my laptop of pictures I have of her and Matt as well as the ones we had just taken. Anya was enthralled at Dave's job, so pictures of him at work were included. She may just end up trusting us, in part because of Dave's
"helping" people at work. As we walked back to the car, an orphan boy was outside (I dubbed the town crier) and asked Andrei if we like Anya and if we were going to take her away.

We talked with Andre and Vika for a long time about our options if Anya says no and how to prevent that from happening. At age 10, the orphans must meet with a judges and they determine if the child wants to go. Luckily, it isn't just a yes or no question, it is a series of deeper questions like, "would you like to play at their house, would you like to see their dog?"