Hello Everyone,
Today was another God-filled and glorious day! Praise God for the opportunity to affect little lives like we are over here in Ukraine. Today began with a breakfast of fish and rice at the hotel, followed with a short taxi ride to the orphanage. Upon arriving at the orphanage, we were anxiously greeted by 3 angelic and smiling faces, eager to pack into an over-crowded, small, 4-door sedan. Packed like sardines, we departed for the Berdyansk department store, where we bought hat & scarf sets and coats for the girls. Larissa was making copies of our documents for tomorrows procedures, so our Luda was our translator. She did a wonderful job of telling us how much we owed at each station. In the 5 floors of this store, you can even shop for designer clothing for adults to newborns, as well as grocery shop on the first floor. Today was a gorgeous day, so we decided to walk back to the hotel. It was the best weather we have had yet.
Once we got back to the hotel, the girls ate yogurt, fresh fruit, and soup. Later, they all got baths in the garden bath tub in the room. It seemed to be quite a luxury to them. We sure do take a lot of things for granted in the U.S. They all even loved using the hair dryer. Next, Julie began painting fingernails. Myself and Larissa headed out to the outdoor market for dishes and other incidentals. Julie and the girls played board games we brought from home to learn the English colors & numbers (Candy Land, Sorry, Hi Ho Cherry O). They also went through boxes of flash cards over and over. Nastia really wanted to learn today unlike yesterday when she would not try to pronounce in English. Later, Luda, Galina, and myself worked with the Rosetta Stone Russian to English software that Natalyia and Yuriy gave us, thank you Khomyaks.
We took the girls back to the orphanage at 6pm and will pick them up tomorrow about 2:15pm after school. In the morning, we will try to catch one of the ladies to submit documents to even though she will be heading to another region. We would like our documents completed for this step by Tues. night to go on the overnight train to Kyiv back to the SDA. We are still praying for a court date next Monday and then we would begin our 10 day wait.
The girls are happy and sweet, but still act just like our kids at home when they don’t get their way!! They all get along just like they were all 3 sisters, praise God. Julie, Larissa, and myself just finished a great dinner at the hotel restaurant, where we continue to improve/build our Borsch taste buds. Thank you all for your continued prayers and support. We appreciate everything the Lord has entrusted to us.
God bless,
Dan and Julie
1 comment:
Wow, so much going on there. So glad you made it safely there and that things are going as well as can be expected. The girls are beautiful and will be a great addition to an already wonderful family. What a great Christmas present for all of you. You're in our thoughts and prayers. God's hand is upon you all.
The fog has arrived here in Lemoore, right now the we have about 150' of visibility and a very damp temp of 45 degrees. Take care and Godspeed
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