MILLIONS!

There are millions of orphans in our world. That's millions of innocent children with no one committed to loving and teaching them as they grow. Far too many children aging out of their orphanages each year and expected to fend for themselves with no support and a great deal of stigma against their orphan status. There are many children with health issues who do not receive the medical care they need to survive or thrive. We believe that God, who offers to love and adopt each of us and meet our every need, longs for us to go and do the same. There are many hurting people in this world and many ways to help and we certainly don't expect that every person will pursue adoption. We do hope that more will.

Thursday 26 September 2013

We Met Her!!!

It feels like a week since we left Kiev.  We ended up taking the fast daytime train (7 hours) and it was a good trip.  Our facilitator met us at the station and after meeting with the social worker we were taken to our new apartment, bought groceries and went for dinner.  We quickly learned that far fewer people in Donetsk know any English, at least fewer than downtown Kiev!  Shopping has been very challenging.  We ended up really disliking our apartment (which didn't have the promised internet access) so today we requested a move and we're much happier here as well as back in touch with all of you :)

We were supposed to meet our little girl at ten, then eleven, then a little while and actually went to meet her at two PM!  This, with bags packed and waiting and no internet, not to mention a wee bit of anticipation and anxiety.  We've heard the phrase, "Hurry up and wait" and it is so true.

Anyways...

She is delightful!  She was all sweet smiles and answered clearly any questions we posed through our translator.  We all pored over the photo album we brought her of family and home (Thanks Kim!) and her eyes and smile just sparkled.  Our facilitator asked her if she liked us, if she wanted to go to Canada with us and she said, "Da!"  On our part, it was a unanimous positive decision.  Afterwards I asked Shye if she thought she could fall in love with her and she replied, "I already have!"  We will meet with the orphanage director tomorrow and we will likely be visiting our sweetie daily.  We hope we all quickly learn ways to communicate!

God is so good!
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6 comments:

  1. Andrew Jones26 September 2013 at 12:05

    So amazing! Thank you for including us on your journey!

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  2. Kayte Wilkinson26 September 2013 at 12:44

    Dance!! The best way to communicate :) so exciting!! I was all giddy at work today after reading this.

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  3. Leah Kohler26 September 2013 at 13:37

    wow! that sound so great! I very happy for you guys and can't wait to read more about your journey.
    my name is Leah, we also live in Canada and we are in the early stages of adopting from Ukraine. our blog: http://thekohlersjourney.blogspot.ca/

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  4. Susan (Ruttle) Quapp26 September 2013 at 14:30

    I'm so thrilled for ALL of you! Can't wait to see a picture and especially to meet this precious gift from above.

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  5. PeteMel27 September 2013 at 21:48

    so so great!! thank you for sharing!

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  6. Joanna @ Asking with Faith29 September 2013 at 20:44

    Yay! So, so happy for you guys! Just thrilled.

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