We are exhausted from the long day so I will post the details tomorrow and more amazing pics!!! Melaney, my resident journalist and photographer, and I have to go to bed. She and I will post more pics tomorrow!
But a couple praises:
1. For a faithful God who has blessed us beyond measure
2. For the AMAZING friends who have literally prayed us through this process
3. For a ONE DAY passport! God has been unwavering to show us His awesomeness and he did the unheard AGAIN today
The US Embassy is closed Monday for the holiday so we have our appt there Tuesday and then we pick up her Visa Wednesday. We fly HOME Thursday and arrive at 4pm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Today was the day I was given a daughter and it was unbelievable...but we did learn tonight that the brother Vika has (he is 4) was returned to an orphanage last week. The family he had been placed with were deemed not fit after a year or so and he was removed from their care and placed back in an institution. One of the things Vika did last with her family was to go see him. He is currently in the same city we are in tonight and I cannot help but wonder what we are supposed to do with this information.
We are headed back to Chernigivka tomorrow for a half day of loving and playing with the kids then we will take the overnight train to Kiev. Accommodations will be more comfortable there, so the time there should be good.
Love you all...and we cannot wait to be home as a FAMILY!
Jason, Alison, VIKA, Meagan, Garrett, Emma, Thomas
Looks like a really nice car... nicer when you see that huge smile on Vika's face!
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