Hi all, just a quick note...Ruslan, Oksana, and Max are now officially ours!  Court was yesterday and all went smoothly.  From there we went chasing around the region for birth certificates and other documents.  It ended up being  a fifteen hour

Dear Family and Friends,The past two days have been stretching for us.  We thought court might be on Friday, but no go.  Then, we hoped for Monday, but that didn?t happen either.  But, yeah!!!!, we go tomorrow on Tuesday.  We are grateful to Di

Dear Family and Friends,Good news on the Max front.  He is better according to the wonderful Dr. Anya.  She said that she had been very, very worried about him and was happy that he was responding well to the antibiotics.  I am thankful for modern

 Dear Family and Friends, Yesterday afternoon, Tuesday the 21st, found us on our way to the American Medical Clinic. A check out at the clinic is the normal practice for immigration to the US and usually takes place after the court hearing. In this

Hi all, today was a great day.  We did go clothes shopping with Dima and  a lady friend who showed us (Don Z and kids, Jennie and Ruslan) shortcuts to get to the Trade Center shopping area.  It had a very nice childrens' store. It was past the tra

Saturday morning   Dear family and friends, what an amazing and grace-filled day we had yesterday!  We went to Gorodnya and came back to Kyiv with three children. The officials were willing to let us have custody of them until court, and so, they

Hello all! We arrived yesterday in Kyiv and were tired puppies. All has gone well. Our appointment at the National Adoption Center was this morning at 10:15 am and we received a referral for a beautiful sibling group of three in Gorodyna. They are a

Yesterday, Sunday, was a rich and wonderful day!  My folks, sisters (3), brothers (2), assorted spouses, and friends gathered at the Church I serve for the baptism of my new little niece, Margaret  aka “M”.  The service was wonderful and the C

The new bunk beds for what will be the girls’ room arrived today.  We laughed because the sales-lady had said, “Some assembly will be required.”  The whole thing needs assembly!  The only parts that are already assembled are the spindles in

 Last night on the two hour drive home from our son’s football game (they lost, 27-0, boo-hoo), John and I had a good talk about the changes that will be coming to our family.  We both feel that it’s important to mark this with some intentiona

Today is our son's fifteenth birthday. John is growing into such a fine young man, but where did that beautiful little boy go? I'll try to post one of his baby pictures so that you can see what I mean. We will celebrate his birthday a little tonight