Day 7

Day 7- Monday

If you heard a loud sound that awoke you early this morning….it was me screaming all the way from Ukraine because WE GOT A COURT DATE FOR THIS FRIDAY!!!!
God is so good! So, Miranda, Hailey, Trevor, and Christopher, I am coming home on Saturday and I will be there for Miranda’s birthday on Sunday! We are so excited, especially me….I feel bad for Jon as he will have to hang out for the 10 day wait, but he is being a trooper about it, as usual. I am married to an amazing man.I am trying to work out the details with Delta about changing my flight…it looks like they don’t have any seats in coach and I will have to pay extra to go first class (oh bummer ). I am not sure how much extra, they are going to call me back.
Their brother has signed papers agreeing to let Aya and Sergei be adopted, so at this point it looks like smooth sailing. As for now it looks like Jon will be coming home on June 27th, which the actual day I originally made for his flight! The amazing thing is that there is a holiday here on the 28th and 29th, so the Embassy was closed on those days which would have held Jon up till into July! It is so amazing to see how God worked out every small detail of this trip. Why was I nervous? All I needed to do is get out of the boat and He did the rest.
Today our facilitator is very busy doing paperwork and running errands to make sure everything runs smoothly, therefore we will not be going to the orphanage today. So here we are another long day in the hotel room. We think we may take a short walk outside, even if to the corner and back. They have discouraged us from going anywhere. I think we have a big sign on our heads that says “I am American, steal all my money because I am an idiot and don’t know what I am doing”.
We had a very delicious dinner last night at the hotel. The food here is surprisingly very good. Jon had fried calamari and I had fried mushrooms and some shrimp that still had their heads and eyeballs on. For dessert I had a cherry cake that was pretty tasty. Before we left the restaurant we sure got the shock of our life when a stripper, yes , a stripper, came out and did a strip tease for the guy at the table behind us! This was in a public restaurant. I was completely mortified as we could not even leave because the stripper was blocking the exit! Jon had his back to it and I was threatening him with his life if he turned around  The strangest thing was that no one even thought anything of this as employees casually watched this very graphic event. I am quite sure that everyone was laughing at me when we left because I was covering my face, and it was probably red as a tomato.

Tim- Jon wanted me to tell you that Sergey reminds him a lot of you 

Miranda- What are your plans for today? I will be home for your birthday!
Hailey- I miss you too. So I hear you are going to Michelle’s this week…have fun and before you know it I will be there, okay?
Trevor- Who is on your all-star team?

Marsha- Sergey is probably a size 8 or 10, like Trevor. I am guessing that once in the US and getting good nutrition he will shoot up. He is very and I would guess that is because he spends so much time outside playing. Aya is probably a size 8/10. Fortunately, Hailey has lots of hand me downs that will fit her.

Lucia- Wow, that is amazing about your church? How big is your church? I would love to see our church, as a whole, be more proactive for children. Maybe our journeys will inspire others.

Thanks to everyone for all the prayers…we definitely feel them!