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On Wednesday, Angela and Kelly and I went with Clara to Bienestar, the government social agency in Bogota. We had an interview with a social worker in order to get us onto the court docket. By next week, we will find out which of 20 or so city courts that our case will be assigned to. This will largely determine our waiting time, since according to Clara and Maria Theresa, there are speedy courts and slow courts. You can see what Angela thought of the outing, although it really wasn't that bad, and she smiled right on cue for the social worker. The interview was very short, and I think they were more concerned about giving us the once-over visually, than getting any interesting information out of us, as well as making certain that all of our papers were in order.

We were sharing the waiting room with two women who were there to finalize the giving up of their babies for adoption. I have never seen expressions quite like ones on their faces. They were very sad, but at the same time, composed, strong, and resolute. We will never forget that Angela's birth mother had to go through the same difficult process not long ago.