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We hope this update finds you all well and happy. Marius is doing so well!! His personality and sense of humor are just off the charts. He is learning english phrases for his trip to America and he has sat up on his own a few times in preparation for the long plane flight. He is even trying to put some weight on his feet. We hope that in a months time we will have all that we need in order to fly him over here! The custody issues are at the tail end of the process with the Child Protection and we hope to have them moved on to the Courts in the next few days to a week. We hope the court process will be expedited as well. And that just leaves the Visa Application Visit and flight arrangements. We thank all of you for your support and interest in this huge endeavor and for all who have donated and helped, we can't tell you how much we have needed and appreciate you. This is a first time for all of us taking on something like this and it has been a beautiful thing to watch hearts touched and miracles happening. We have enclosed an update from the new university interns about Marius' progress as they see it.

Enjoy!

Kristin

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Marius is working on sitting up so he will be able to sit on the plane. The physical therapist is also working on having him put a little bit of weight on his feet. It's hard for Marius, but he knows it is for the best. He still has a long way to go, but has made a lot of progress. He loves to play computer games on my laptop or sometimes Elisa even brings in her hand-held Nintendo DS and he goes crazy over it. He has gotten really good at using his little hands to push the control buttons. We have been working on teaching him some English phrases to help him communicate while he is in the U.S. He is very smart and picks them up quickly!

I'm including a picture of us with Marius so you can see who we all are! In the picture (left to right) are: Marius, Me (Melissa), Mindy, Florin, and Elisa. I'm also including a picture that I love of Marius with Marci.

Take care,
Melissa Reber

See Melissa's pictures on the website at: http://www.teammarius.org/Gallery