Days One and Two- November 2/3, 2007

On Friday, Nov. 2, 2007, Gil and I departed Washington D.C. for Tbilisi, Georgia. The purpose of our trip was to spend a week at an orphanage in Saguramo (a village about 25 km outside of Tbilisi) so we could assess the conditions of the children’s home there and prepare a scope of work for needed repairs. We were also scheduled to meet with nine different Georgian contracting companies to solicit bids for Phase 1 of the repairs. I met Gil a few months ago, and when Gil heard about the Divine Child Foundation, he decided he wanted to become involved, made a large contribution to Divine Child, and also offered to lend his expertise in building construction to help with the orphanage repairs. I was also very much looking forward to spending time with the children and getting to know them better. We arrived in Tbilisi the following evening and immediately began planning for our first day at the orphanage.