I spoke with Sue, the director of our agency, today and finalized our plans.  Sue suggested that we hire a translator to talk with the foster mother and/or our lawyer.  She said our lawyer speaks some English, but it is very broken.  The fee for translation is only $15 per hour.  It's a small price to pay for good communication.  We have a lot of questions to ask the foster mother and our lawyer.  Sue thought that we should have Bella by 10am.  She gave me contact information in case there is an emergency while we are in Guatemala.  She also said that we would be able to take a trip to Antigua if we went with the translator that she recommended.  She said it was only safe to travel with them and not on our own.  I can't wait.  We will be setting up a trip for Sunday.  My mom has no idea and we are going to surprise her with it.  I think if we tell her too far in advance she will just be nervous, or should I say, even more nervous than she already is.  It will be a chance for us to see some of Bella's homeland and to take lots of pictures.  We may not get a chance like this again.  We have been tossing around the idea of taking some extra time when we go back to pick her up, but I really think we will want to get home as fast as possible when the time finally comes.  Bella's family will be very anxious to meet her and we will be very anxious to bring her home.

My plan is to bring my laptop with me so that I can post entries about our visit trip and so that I can communicate with family back home without having to make international calls.  I am hoping to also post a bunch of new pictures of Bella.  I have a feeling the poor girl will hate cameras once we leave.