[spaypets]

I'm curious as to why you have focused on Eastern Europe. There are countries where English is more commonly spoken and there might be a chance that the child you are adopting has at least been exposed to English. India, for example, does the business of government in English, so it's theoretically possible that an older child has some exposure to English.

There are also countries where the children are literally orphans (both parents dead). AIDS has decimated families in Africa. I believe some of these orphanages take care to teach English to the children. But I do not know this for sure and would recommend looking into it further.