Giving and Receiving

At the giving and receiving ceremony. Actually, this is at the Ministry of Justice office shortly after leaving the orphanage. Despite the formal appearance of the photo, this is just a hole-in-the wall office on the second floor of a building in town. Like a grade-school stage, don't look behind the curtain. :) (Actually, you can see some of the clutter peeking out from underneath.) This was the most ceremonious part of the "ceremony" as most of it was signing papers (the same document 8 times). Then they pulled the curtain shut, snapped some pictures, and off we went. The lettering says "Le Trao Quyet Dinh Giao Nhan Con Nuoi" which I have no idea what it means. Someday I'll have time to find out.

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