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#9 - I'm Home! (This is Mike)








Nope - Debbie is still in Ukraine, but we're making great progress. I went to the US Consolate on Friday the 3rd of April and signed the last of the documents that needed my signature. Debbie and I spent Friday looking around Kiev with Oles and Nadya, the wonderful Ukranian missionaries that have helped us so much. Kiev was beautiful on Friday, a nice warm Spring day. Kiev was surprisingly pretty - especially on a nice day! 


Saturday I caught an easy non-stop flight from Kiev to JFK. Debbie, of course, is jealous that I'm back. This morning, she caught an express train from Kiev back to Kharkov and then had a driver take her back to Novo-Vodologa to see Stas.

Our waiting period began on our court date last wednesday and ends on Saturday the 11th of April. Debbie will pick up Stas and take him from the orphanage permanently on that day. We just learned a few days ago that he can't take anything from the orphanage (clothing, etc), so Debbie has been doing a little shopping (she never minds that!) to get the clothes that he will need for traveling back to the United States.  

Then Deb will have just a couple of days of chores at the Embassy in Kiev and will probably return to the US with Stas on about the 15th of April. 

Mike

Pictures:

The YWAM (Youth With A Mission) boat we stayed at in Kiev
A Russian McDonald's in Kiev - they got mad at me for taking this picture! Wierd. 
St. Andrews church in Kiev - almost totally destroyed during the USSR, now fully restored
Debbie shopping at a flea market in Kiev with Nadya
Other kids from the Orphanage who REALLY want to be adopted - so so sad.
Helping Stas Keep up on math skills on www.ixl.com
Hanging out in Kiev with Oles and Nadya

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