(To the right: Pictures from parts of the outdoor market)
Hello Everyone!
Even though we dealt with the first real rain here in Berdyansk, we got everything done we needed to do prior the 10 day wait completion tonight at midnight. We were greeted this morning by a phone call from Luda, translator #2. She arrived at 8am from Kyiv. We quickly mapped out our day, thanks to Anya. Off to the notary we went for a second shot at notarizing the passport application. Our notary had a big change of heart and agreed to have all of our documents waiting for us in the morning at 9am, praise God! We also had not remembered we needed a certified translator to complete the application and God supplied this! While we were discussing the process with the notary, a woman and man came in and out quickly signing documents in the office. A short time later the notary called to the lobby and the woman came back in. She was a certified English translator!!! Natasha translated our documents for only 30 Hirvna ($6) and said she would return in the morning to translate again. Unfortunately, we didn’t get her photo for you, but Natasha has officially become our translator #8.
(Below: Dan and Luda, translator #2, eating Plov.)
After the notary, we hit the market again. Luda wanted to shop also and enjoyed the reduced prices compared to Kyiv. We ended up buying some gifts for the kids at home and just getting some fresh air. Following a quick outdoor lunch eating Plov, Georgian beef fried rice, we proceeded to the passport office. There we had all of our documents in order and set the itinerary for tomorrow in Zaporozhzha. We also called the court to make arrangements to copy our court decree, and praise God all fifteen copies had been made (complete with the infamous tied string!). They will be stamped tomorrow morning and ready for pickup at 8:15am.
Later, we picked the girls up at the orphanage along with their friend, Yira Ruban, and took them out to dinner at our much-loved pizza place. We had dinner and then crammed EIGHT people into a compact car, aka Grisha’s taxi, and took the girls back to the orphanage.
We are trying to finalize all of our plans here to head back to Kyiv on Saturday afternoon if all goes well getting new birth certificates and passports tomorrow. We will try to blog tomorrow, but if we have to stay overnight in Zaporozhzha we will not be able to do an update. We will try to complete one before heading back to Kyiv. Thank you all for your continued support and words of encouragement. To quote our good friend Dima, “Big God, no big problems!” I couldn’t have said it better myself.
Blessings to all,
Dan and Julie
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