Take care of the Orphans!

(To the right: Precious, little kids from the orphanage just after dinner.)

Hello everyone!

Yesterday, Saturday, Anya (from Kyiv via phone), Dan and Dima (CBN Berdyansk) had a long meeting with the passport agency here in Berdyansk. Anya translated to Dan after Dima told her what the lady was saying. It was progressive, informative and helpful. Praise God! These steps need to be done because Luda is 14. This office has to run a background check on Luda. They also will update the girl’s names on their tax ID numbers since the children will have dual citizenship until 18 yrs. old. At 18 the girls will have to pick their citizenship either the U.S.A or Ukraine.

Since our trip to Zaporozhzha, we have learned God was sparing us further delay in not getting the passport application notarized. At the meeting with the passport office in Berdyansk, we learned there we needed more information for them. Had we notarized the application we would not have known to do this step in Berdyansk. It is a blessing to have these thing started during the 10 day wait, and we continue to praise God for his direction and for the judge who has given us God’s favor.

We also went to the grocery store for some more “American” type shopping. Yes, we had everyone watching us due to our different style of shopping (bulk, children and groceries). If they could only see us once we get home!!

Later today, we are invited to dinner at Misha and Luda’s home again. They are so wonderful and despite the language barrier we do well together. Misha and Luda speak some English to our 15-30 words of Russian!! So, dictionaries are a must for each step outside of our hotel room. Wow, my purse will be lighter once we return home.

Tomorrow, we have some more document preparation to do to organize the girls’ paperwork for the passport and birth certificate office. We are progressing forward with our knowledge of independent adoption with the full assistance of the CBN Ukraine team.

Blessings to you and thank you for the many prayers,

Dan and Julie