Go West (Young?) Man!

We have our referral letter and will be heading about 90 minutes west of Kyiv to visit with two boys and one girl. Of course since we worked hard trying to learn Russian this is a Ukrainian speaking area.

Eleven hours of sleep. Aahh!

I feel almost human again. Sleep a good shower and everything looks better. Only problem so far is I can't get onto my office email or log into work software. I'll work on that some more later. If there is something that I need to know right away use the yahoo email account or the skype phone number.

Kyiv, What recession

We are safe in our apartment in Kyiv. Flights were basically uneventful. They have poured alot of cement around the airport since april and there are still many cranes building apartment or condo developments on the ride in to the city. The rest of the country may be hurting but the capital is still growing.

Our appointment in tomorrow morning. Please pray the God will lead us, our facilitator and those at the state department for adoption.

Thank you all.

PS: Teresa has timed it well again. We leave and it starts snowing at home. Maybe they'll get more than a foot?

On the road again, Just can't wait to get on the road again!

Thanks Willie Nelson,

Actually waiting is about all we get to do for this trip. Currently sitting in the Denver Airport. You guessed it...waiting.

Thanks for all the prayers and well wishes. We will keep this updated as we can.

October 29 - New Appointment

I know it's been a loooonnnnggg time and I haven't done any updates.

But.....We just learned

We have a new appointment at Ukraine's State Department for Adoption!!!
and it's coming fast. We have less than two weeks to get ready to go.

More to come

Or should I say the Best is yet to come!

Dead End

Well we got information back on the UOO kids and one of the boys that we were interested in seems to like orphanage life in Ukraine. We've been down that road before and so we have decided not to pursue him.

UOO (Ukrainian Orphan Outreach) Camp

It's been a long, long time.

We are still figuring out what we want to do. Friday we went to our friends Heidi and Felix's home. They are part of an organization that brings kids to Colorado for a cultural exchange/summer camp. There are eight orphans visiting this summer. They are a nice group of kids and have been enjoying their time here. Events have included a trip to Miller farm to pick food, camping, the race track, shopping Walmart, crafts, church and the Zoo.

Check out their website for yourself: http://www.ukraineorphans.org/

I'll try to post a little more regularly. Teresa's folks 50th Anniversary is in about a week. Teresa is also doing two VBS programs this summer so we aren't going to be bored.