QUICK update!
Hi all!
Tonight, Vasya, Tom and I went out for Turkish food here in Simferopal. We were celebrating! Our completed paperwork left tonight on a train bound for Kiev back to the AC for finalization. Vasya will get our appointment for court tomorrow and hopefully we get the paperwork back in time for our court appointment. If we don't...we get another appointment, but, well...time is a wastin'! Vasya has done a great job and has been very busy the last few days. We have been passive participants...sign here, here, here and here...he has done the rest.
What it all means is that we MAY have our court appointment next Tuesday. Hopefully our paperwork comes back Monday. Then court Tuesday, the 10 days of waiting...we will NOT be with the boys for those 10 days. They will be at their orphanages waiting...we will be at our flat doing the same. We can see them for an hour or two each day but it costs us $60 to make the trip to Djoncoy to see Zach...and about $35 to see Michael...so as much as we would like to see them every day, it isn't going to happen.
We spent about 6 hours with Zach yesterday while paperwork was being shuffled around. Six hours, small room, few toys, small boy, big parents...it was "interesting" to say the least. I thought Zach did WONDERFUL - if I were him, I wouldn't have lasted that long with us! He did great. But it was a LONG day!
Still no hot water in the flat - I just don't think it is going to happen! AND - since someday it is going to get cold here, they have decide to ration power (don't ask me to explain it - it just IS). So - our elevator turns off at 5 until 10 p.m. So, we get to climb 7 stories. Good exercise!
Vasya tells us there is an internet cafe closer to our flat that we can walk to - if it proves to be true, we will be able to post more often. We should know tomorrow!
Pray for the kids - they have some huge adjustments coming up. And they still have a long time to wait. Pray for us - we are ready to come home...we are and so is Vasya. Pray for him, he misses his family. Pray the paperwork goes exactly as it should and that it comes back by next Monday and we have court on Tuesday (any other day and we have a weekend and we can't get the boys on a weekend).
Vissyo!
posted by Falling for Ty and Zach @ 10:59 AM
9 comments
9 Comments:
I thought I sent something - but it didn't post...oh well!
It was great to hear from you again and GREAT NEWS!!!
But, did I miss something? Michael? Of course I am pretty fond of that name but didn't know you had switched.
We continue to pray for speed, safety, and health for all 4 of you!
Russ & Connie
I am confused about "Michael" as well.
Sounds like things are really moving now.
Still praying,
Anita
Enjoyed talking to you Tom. It was a:30 ouor time and I'm glad I caught you before you went to bed. What a relief it will be if you get the news tomorrow about your paperwork!
It has to be hard not to call the boys by the names which you want for them.Zackery Edward (Edek)and Tyler Michel (Messa)It will be earier for them after a while!
I have been sending you emails. Hope you can find them when you walk to the Cafe!
We will all be praying for your paperwork to come through right on time! And that you all can be home for Christmas! We love and miss you! Mom and Dad
Sounds like the paperwork is moving along the way it should...we hope. Hopefully you can see the boys a few times in the next ten days, because I can't imagine what they are thinking in that wait. You know what you're doing, but they probably have huge trust issues once you guys are out of their sight. I'm so happy they are doing well while with you. Adjustments will be huge, but they will have loving parents and family and friends all around them. love you guys, Marg
Okay you are acting just like a mother now, confusing us all by calling your children one name and then talking about them by another, glad that your mom could interpret for us.
We wait with baited breath to hear how God continues to work miracles with the slow moving Ukrainian government! Its awesome to see His hand in everything that is happening.
Keep us posted. Know you are loved and we all long for the four of you to be home before Christmas. We miss you my friends. Can't wait to hug you, and see your faces!
Tell the boys hello from the Garrisons.
Love
Chel
Greetings from another really excited family!
Our boys can not wait to meet your boys - and they are praying for them everyday!
Know that you are all in our prayers, and we too, can not wait to see you - hug you - and shower you with our love and support!
We will continue to pray that this process goes as quickly and smoothly as possible!
Okay, I won't see you for my birthday - but how wonderful it will be if we get to celebrate Jesus' birthday with the 4 of you!
We love you!
God bless,
The Osborne family
You and your boys are in my prayers. We might be confused by the names, but God knows who we are praying for, what your needs are each hour, and how to accomplish them. God bless you as you wait. Praying that you may see them often during your wait, and that the paper work comes as needed. Jeannie
L and T - perhaps you only get to go once a week to visit each - Wed to one, taking lots of pics to share when you go Friday to the other... then Mon and Wed and then by golly the 10 days will just about be up... taking pics of each and of you with each and then sharing them w/ their brother - they will know you are their's and they are yours. We will pray for swiftness, for the 2L5F to truly feed you all. Prayers lifted up, Love you all, Fran & Co.
Hey guys this is Kim, Jonathan Schaefle's finace. I just wanted to say that what you are doing is such a great thing and I'm keeping you in my prayers. I also have a very close friend from the Ukraine, he moved to the states a few years ago, but if they want a piece of home, he's only a phone call away so feel free to call me sometime and we could arrange that if you wanted to. Good luck on the final arrangements, and Vissyo!
Kim
Post a Comment
<< Home