Home 1 Month !!!!

I do not know if anyone is following this blog. If so I am sorry I have not updated.
Let me try and get everyone updated. The second trip was good and bad. Samuel did great and I got sick. However is time was slowly and quickly. It was amazing how we actually got out of Ukraine. On the 11 waiting day our translator started by going and picking up our court paperwork. We thing went to several other places getting other things in order. It was about 3pm when she went into the passport office. We figured we would be returning the next day to pick up the passport. NO she returned to the car 45 minutes later with passport in hand. WOW the same day birth cert and passport . I thought I was dreaming. We then headed back to the orphanage to pick up Samuel. To my suprise she them took us to the airport to get tickets. She intended us to fly back to Kiev that night. We had not even packed. Oh my goodness. What a Wirlwind. In the mist of it all there sits my little angel doing great!!!!!!!!!!!! We were able the actually fly home on the original plane tickets.

Now that we are home. Things are trying to get on a normal schedule. Samuel starts this week going to a small playschool 2 days a week that my mom runs. He is talking nonstop ( in russin and a little , very little english ). He seems to understand most of what we tell him. We read lots of books and play outside alot. I think he is adgusting well . A normal 3 Year old . Tells us NO anythime he does not want to do something talks back and has even thrown a couple of tantrums. He has the best pouty face. He is very bouncy not hyper but is moving most of the time. He will sit and watch some show on TV.

Enjoy the pictures

Going to bring our little angel home

We leave on Friday. I can not explain how excited we are. It has been a month since we have seen our little angel. We pray this will be a smooth semi-quick trip. Hopefully I will be able to update better than I did before. Till then

OUR LITTLE UKIE

I am sorry it has taken so long to tell you what is happening. We are back at home in the US waiting on a court date to make the adoption of our little Ukie angel final. He is at baby oprhanage no. 1 , Donetsk and the court they use to finalize is closed. The court is having some sort of audit that has everything backed up several several week. I am told that many families are waiting just like we are. If you know anyone adopting from this orphanage let me know.

Our little boy is just wonderful. He does have a medical issue that we will have to deal with but it is nothing that we cannot not handle. Hopefully with good nutrition and medical follow-up it will not be an issue.

For now we are enjoying being home. We will go back to a normal routain and wait for word 0f the court date. We feel so very blessed to have found our little boy. Your can really see where God has gone before us and prepaired the way. Eventhough we are home waiting everything has gone rather smoothly. OK OK outside of the hard bed, food, oh and lets not forget the ride between Kiev and Donetsk , Really smoothly. I will take these small things.
For those of you that are praying , thank-you very much. we are feel the prayers . Please continue to pray. I am not sure how my job is going to react to me taking off again and this time at least 3 weeks will be unpaid. I am still going to try and stay home for 3 weeks when we come back with our little boy. We are hopping that the second trip will last for no longer that 20 days. This will all work out as it has been.

We miss our little boy very very much and hated to leave him. It will not be long untill we see him again. It will not be long until he is home with us.

Going to see a little boy

We are leaving this morning to go see a little 3 year old boy. Please continue to pray for us on this adventure. The drive will take 8 hours. I am glad we are driving instead of using the train or flying. I praise God and give him all of the glory on this trip. With out him nothing is possible.

Waiting on Second Appt

We have our second SDA meeting this coming Wednesday at 4pm. This is about 9am midsouth time. Please continue to pray. Ukraine is a beautiful place and most of the people seems to want to help those that find themselves not knowing the language. Michael and I have spent a lot of time walking and walking and walking. The waiting has gotten very old quick. We are ready for the second appt and to get on with it. Whatever it is. The Lord knows our hearts. We have had many talks with him. If it is meant to be than it will happen. If not we will be upset but have had an adventure and hopefully one step closer to finding our children. We pray it is here and we do not go to plan D. For those that are reading this and know me. You know we originally want little boys under 4. We are willing to look at boys under 6.. The SDA really want us to look at older children like 10. We feel we are not ready for that age and will not go over 6. Therefore our wishes and the SDA may differ. We are still praying for 2 little boys under 5. Please pray the Lord will make us strong and quiet to hear him speak to us during the next appt.

We Are Here

We made it to Kiev. VIP is the way to go at the airport. It was wonderful just walking though. Now jet lag as set in and Michael and I have sleep at lot today. However we did walk to a beautiful church and through a park. the park overlooks the river. Our apt is nice and on the 5th floor. I knew there would be alot of walking but my brain did not tell my feet. !! LOL We are hoping to meet up with another family from the states to eat. We have not eaten much since we have been here. Wish us luck and pray.

TODAY IS THE DAY

We leave for the airport in a little while. I will post again when I can. Pray for us.

5 Days and Counting

With just 5 days left before we leave all of the little things are getting done. My stitches came out today and my hand and wrist are slowly healing. Typing with one hand and one finger is so much fun. One minute I think we have everything together then the next well my mind is swimming and I go into panic mode. So I am keeping busy staying out of panic anything. We are so looking forward to meeting out little boys or girl. Praying that God will guide us safely through the maze that lies ahead. The Lord has really blessed us lately and I now that he is walking with us each and every minute.
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We have our plane tickets

We have made our flight arrangements. Lonnie Enterprises made making our travel arrangements so easy. The list are printed and I am well on my way to making them complete. I have 20 more days to work. I am very very very excited about that part. We organized the garage and made places for the boys toys. I pray every day for our children. I will meet them soon. It is wonderful to know I already love them very much but just do not know what they look like.

WE HAVE A DATE

AUGUST 28, 08...

My mind is swimming with everything to do. Will write more later.

It is Getting Closer

Michael and I spend some time away from Desoto Co. this weekend. I really needed a break from work. It was nice to relax and enjoy the outdoors. Lady and Bear went with us. As usually they were perfect dogs. Good and Bad .. Lady does not like late night noises and party. Bear never meets a stranger friendly with everyone. They are night and day. Just like kids. Hopefully we will heard from out translator this week.

Lazy Summer Days,,, I wish

Today is Wednesday, hump day.. my Thursday. I am off the weekend. YEAH!!!!! No I have not done any packing, or even made a list of what to pack. There is plenty of time. Not really but until I have a date. It is hard for make myself do those things. Michael is getting wood ready for winter. We will not have to worry about that later. For now we wait for the date and dream of what will be. A home with children. I picked out car seats. Their room is ready. But am I ready. I think so. At my job there are 3 women pregnant. Due back to back.(July, Aug and Sept.) God does know that he is doing. LOL. For now I read other blogs that have gone before me to try and gain some insight of how it may be. This is what Michael and I do in the late hot afternoon. We sit on top of our hill. Swing in the swing and read, dream and talk of how it will be.

THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS

We are officially in count down mode. Our dossier has been submitted to the SDA!!!! YEA!!!! The last several days have been really hard. I have had a lot of doubts and was just plan scared. Are we doing the right thing? The devil got a hold and starting shaking me. I told him to back off last night and for God to make me calm and peaceful. Which of course he has done just that. We should know when travel dates are by the end of June

Another Delay

Well the day came and went. We got am e-mail saying there was a little something wrong with the medical paperwork.. Numbers for the HIV test were left off. I am so scatterbrain. I never saw the numbers were not there when I sent it in Jan. So we quickly had that fixed and sent it again yesterday.. The PRAYER of the week. That Fedx delivers before Monday because our facilitator say he has until the 27th to get the paper work in. GOOD GRIEF are we on a rollercoaster or what. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and I thing it has just begun. On the lighter side I did take Tuesday off and Michael and I got to spend the day together. We drove the medical forms to Jackson, Ms and back to get the apostilles.. It was quicker and sending them Fedx..

I am sitting on our back patio watching my babies ( the dogs ) play in the grass. Lady and Bear are going to love playing with children. They are so gentle to be so big. Not to much to report on our travels. the SDA will have our paper work on May 14. By the end of June we should know travel dates.

Ukrainian law has changed. Singles and couples 45 years older than the child they wish to adopt are no longer able to. I hate to even type this because Ukraine is making a Hugh mistake.

These children deserve a loving home so they can grow up to become great adults. It must be very challenging to live in a country once ruled by communism. You get used to the government doing everything for you including raising your children. I know there are wonderful people in Ukraine that love and care for children. I pray that someday they all will know that God loves them and that they can live without government doing everything for them. Right now in Ukraine there are missionaries that are trying to reach children. One such outreach is crossroads. Check out the blog http://www.ukrainestreetchildren.blogspot.com/ god is truly doing great things in Ukraine.

Closer, ever closer

To catch everyone up to speed. We have a date. Yeah!!!! May 14 is the date that will forever be the day we submitted to the SDA. It is finally in thinking range. Michael and I are so very excited and very nervous. So we wait patiently. God is taking care of every bit of this and will not be there (Ukraine ) before our children are ready. I truly believe this and have faith that it will be in Gods timing. With that said let me tell what else is going on in our house hold.
Lady, ( our boxer ) had emergency surgery last week. Yes she is doing OK but it was looking bad for a little while. She had a miscarriage and developed a very bad life threatening infection. Bear ( Our other baby ) know she is not feeling well and has been so supper sweet. Then a few days ago Bear ate a bar of soap. He is a nut. We spent the evening watching him up-chuck soap suds. yes it is a little funny so laugh. We did. As you can see I believe this the Gods way of trying to get us a little ready for the happenings of children in the house. This make me smile because God is so great in the way he has planned my and Michael lives.

Hanging in here...

Yes I am still blogging, just took a long break. All of our paperwork is with our translator. We are waiting for it to be submitted to the SDA. I pray that is sooner than later. On other news Michael is organizing and building in the garage. To make it more useable for a family with children. He is doing a great job. Speaking of jobs. I am tired of mine. We have been very busy and I am not getting anything done. I will be glad when the Flu leaves this area.
I find myself really missing my little boys.. Can not wait to meet them.