Yesterday was my birthday, and it was a fine day. We went to church, and John cooked a birthday dinner. We were joined by my sister, Susan, and her husband Kent. It was also the anniversary of meeting Ruslan, Oksana, and Max. One year ago yesterday, we left Kyiv very early in the morning (dark!) and drove to Gorodyna to meet our new family members. We had thought we were just going to meet them and did not realize that we were going to get them! What a day and what a year! All is well. TBTG!

Left to right - Max, Ana, Jennie, Rus, Oksana and John C.