(To the right are pictures of the children at the orphanage on a Saturday morning. Please pray for them!)
Hello Everyone!
Yesterday we had a wonderful time with the girls and received good news about a translator. First, Dan was up at 5:45am to go meet the bus from Kyiv to pick up the SDA documents for court on Monday. A little bit of a challenge without a translator, but as our new saying goes over here from Dima (CBN Berdyansk), “it’s OK”. Praise God, we have all of the documents required for court at 2pm Monday. Additionally, we were told the CBN Kyiv lawyer, Valery, who is also a licensed translator, will be coming down Monday for our court appointment. Our wonderful friend Karen Springs will be coming with him (She speaks Russian!!).
After Dan’s morning paperwork run, we went to get the girls. We have a taxi system set up with a father and son (Grisha). Oddly enough, Grisha is the taxi driver who ran out of gas chasing the bus. We crowded back into the taxi and ventured down to the sea side for some sightseeing. It was a little warmer than it has been, so it was nice to see some different parts of Berdyansk. Berdyansk is a tourist city on the Sea of Azov just northeast of the Black Sea. Unfortunately, due to the off-season, many shops along the sea wall were not open. We took some pictures and then went to the outdoor market for fresh fruit and the girl’s favorite, chocolate cake. (Helen you would love this!! We will try and make it at home.)
We came back to the hotel and had soup, fruit, and cake. Afterwards, we watched the Letter Factory, did English workbooks, and then watched Elf. We had no real flare-ups with limit testing today. Nastia accidentally leaned against a light switch and looked at us with really big eyes and quickly flipped it back off. I think she’s getting it. We are communicating pretty well with the girls right now. What the little ones don’t understand, Luda usually fills in with Russian.
Finally, we took the girls back at 6pm and came back to the hotel. We were both quite tired. Most of it is not being able to comprehend the language that is being spoken everywhere around you. So, we came back up into the room and put on some episodes of “Everybody Loves Raymond.” It seems good to just sit and listen to English for a while. Today, we get the girls at 10am, and this afternoon, we will be visiting Misha and his family with the girls. Thank you all very much for your continued support and prayers. The judge told Larissa we would be able to gather documents during our waiting period with a document she would give us the day of court, but the lady in Vasilyevka didn’t agree this was correct. We still need prayers to be able to come home early and before Christmas.
Blessing to you at home,
Dan and Julie
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