T –1!! Tomorrow is launch day for operation BLH (bring Lena home)!
To say we’re over the top anxious to get this final stretch completed is an understatement! Our flight out of Phoenix will leave at 8:00am tomorrow morning, we will arrive in Kiev
Our SDA appointment is Wednesday at 9:00am, we should then be heading down to Lena on the 23rd or 24th depending how quickly we receive our referral. Lena has us scheduled for the 23rd. :] We’ll then wait for our court date, while spending our days getting to know our daughter. Our prayer is 2 weeks from our appointment we will receive word from the court that Lena is ours. Then a 10 day waiting period begins, at the end of ten days, we head back to Kiev with Lena to obtain her exit medical and visa, this should take another 4 to 5 days, then homeward bound all three we’ll be…
Holy cow!! This is really happening!! Breathe Judy breathe!! So excited, yet if I’m going to be honest a few nervous knots thrown in as well… think those knots will loosen up once we’re on our way.
This past week and a half has not been a restful time of reflection and prayer, more like rapid fire reactive prayer while in constant motion. Hoping that we’ll have sometime to reflect, anticipate, and meditate deeply once our behinds are securely fastened in our seats.
We would ask that you continue to pray us through this process, up until the middle of last week the Ukrainian Parliament was scheduled once again to vote on an adoption moratorium, the vote was originally scheduled for yesterday, the 16th, but we found out last week it had been removed from the schedule, we have yet to hear when it might come up again. We have no doubt that the prayers of the saints are being heard! I was appreciating this Christmas song a day after we heard the news of the missing vote,
“Then peeled the bells more loud and deep, “God is not dead, nor doth He sleep, the wrong shall fail, the right prevail, with Peace on Earth good will toward men.”
GOD IS NOT DEAD, NOR DOTH HE SLEEP! The message was loud and clear,
He is present, in control, and listening!
Gotta go, a few dozen last minute things to do… stay tuned! :]
p.s. our friends the Marti’s are now officially a family of 4! They began their 10 day waiting period yesterday, and the Newsome’s are close behind! Overwhelmed for them!!
WOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOO! Come on over, the water's hot... ok not really, it's downright cold, but hey, at least you're getting this show on the road! Cant wait to follow your story!
ReplyDeleteGreat! We should be in Kyiv until Monday evening. We hope to get our second referral on Monday and then head over to Severodonetsk that night. Given how crazy stuff has been so far... well, it is what we are praying for.
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