Last night we were still on US time so at 10:00 pm we were wide awake.
We spent time all snuggled up on the couch talking about the new kids and some of the things Kevin and Katie might expect from their new siblings (as if we knew). We talked a lot about the time Mom will have to spend with the kids to develop a connection and teach the basic skills needed to be a part of our family in America. We finally went to bed about midnight. I think Kim and I spent most of the night asking all the questions:
What do the look like now? The pictures we have seen are old and everyone has a shaved head. That is how the process them when they come into the system.
What are their personalities?
Will they like us?
Will they like having more siblings?
Will they even want to be a part of our family?
Well, enough about that. God has made His decisions for us and tomorrow we will find out if we understood what He was telling us.
We woke up this morning around 9:00 and ate breakfast: bread, cheese, hotdogs, and apples; oh, I forgot ketchup. Kevin loves the ketchup you get here and he eats it on everything. After that we began school for the kids. With all the excitement it is hard for them to concentrate, but they are trying. As I write this Kevin is beside me finishing his work for today at 8:00 pm.
At about 2:00 pm we went out for a walk. There is a park up the street that is around St. Michaels Church. That helped us kill time until Sasha picked us up at 4:30 pm to go and get our official referral that we need to go and visit the orphanage to see the kids. This makes it official that we will leave here tomorrow morning around 9:00 to make the one hour drive to Bili Tserkva to meet our kids (hopefully). I say “hopefully” because the kids could choose not to come with us and we would then have to find another set of kids, but we won’t think about that. God is Good All the Time.
Today’s devotion: Matthew 6:25-34: “Do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your Heavenly Father feeds them…”
God continues to tell us in His word not to worry. At this time we are not doubting one bit that we should be here, in this place and at this time!! God bless.
We spent time all snuggled up on the couch talking about the new kids and some of the things Kevin and Katie might expect from their new siblings (as if we knew). We talked a lot about the time Mom will have to spend with the kids to develop a connection and teach the basic skills needed to be a part of our family in America. We finally went to bed about midnight. I think Kim and I spent most of the night asking all the questions:
What do the look like now? The pictures we have seen are old and everyone has a shaved head. That is how the process them when they come into the system.
What are their personalities?
Will they like us?
Will they like having more siblings?
Will they even want to be a part of our family?
Well, enough about that. God has made His decisions for us and tomorrow we will find out if we understood what He was telling us.
We woke up this morning around 9:00 and ate breakfast: bread, cheese, hotdogs, and apples; oh, I forgot ketchup. Kevin loves the ketchup you get here and he eats it on everything. After that we began school for the kids. With all the excitement it is hard for them to concentrate, but they are trying. As I write this Kevin is beside me finishing his work for today at 8:00 pm.
At about 2:00 pm we went out for a walk. There is a park up the street that is around St. Michaels Church. That helped us kill time until Sasha picked us up at 4:30 pm to go and get our official referral that we need to go and visit the orphanage to see the kids. This makes it official that we will leave here tomorrow morning around 9:00 to make the one hour drive to Bili Tserkva to meet our kids (hopefully). I say “hopefully” because the kids could choose not to come with us and we would then have to find another set of kids, but we won’t think about that. God is Good All the Time.
Today’s devotion: Matthew 6:25-34: “Do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your Heavenly Father feeds them…”
God continues to tell us in His word not to worry. At this time we are not doubting one bit that we should be here, in this place and at this time!! God bless.
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