Sorry for the lack of pictures but someone forgot to pack the camera charger and I’ve had an impossible job trying to find one.
So, if you haven’t heard, we have a new daughter, officially. We are so blessed to have three wonderful children. I am beginning to see the Pot of Gold at the end of the rainbow. Our adoption team is working overtime to get us home. Today we apply for Karina’s new international passport in her new legal name “Karina Gutekunst”. After we get her passport photographs we will send it off to get an expedited passport. On Wednesday we go back to Kiev to the Embassy. If all goes well, we will have her new passport on Wednesday so we can do this. We are trying to limit our time in Kiev so we can be home earlier. As long as the passport comes in on Wednesday we can go to Kiev Wednesday and Thursday and fly out on Friday for America. Lord willing, this is our plan and hopefully his. After we leave Kirovograd, I am not sure if we will have internet so forgive me for not facebooking or blogging. I am not sure if our new accommodations will have internet.
I am so thankful for the time we have had here. We have had such a wonderful eye opening experience. I have definitely grown an appreciation for some of our “American” conveniences. I especially miss English and my car. Though, as far as accommodations have gone, we have been blessed here in Kirovograd. We have more in this apartment then the average Ukrainian. It has been a blessing to be able to cook and have internet so I can communicate with family and friends.
Prayer warriors please keep praying that we get our passport on Wednesday and our Embassy appointment on Wednesday. They are closed on Friday and if we can’t get a Wednesday appointment it will push our return off to June 28th or possibly later which is still great, but we reeeeeaaaaaallllllyyyyyy want to come home NOW! Mark needs us home now.
We really had a great weekend with Karina. Kate our translator took us on a walk around town on Saturday pointing out statues and places of interest than off to get some dessert and sit by the river to eat and hang out like a Ukrainian. The river side was packed. She said, with nothing to do, this is a normal Saturday evening activity. We had fun. Earlier, we went to an open air market. There are so many of them around here. This is definitely the place to purchase fruits and vegetables. We purchased some melt in your mouth strawberries and wish I could buy more veggies but we are leaving shortly.
Sunday, we spent the day with our lawyer Natasha and her family. She recently also adopted a daughter. Her daughter and Aydan played hard all day. It was great. Natasha took us shopping for some traditional Ukrainian gifts she wanted to purchase for us. That was so nice. She is really wonderful. At her house, which is gorgeous by the way, she cooked for us some wonderful Ukrainian food. She made us some wonderful Ukrainian soup called Borshcht. It is a beef broth based soup with potatoes, carrots, onions, maybe some cabbage. It was delicious. She also made a type of fried chicken pattys, pork, sausage and a plate of fresh veggies and bread. Then we finished with fresh strawberries, ice cream, cake, coffee and she even bought Aydan an ice pop so he wouldn’t be left out. Needless to say, we were stuffed up to our eyeballs.
After eating, the kids played in her rather large inflatable pool. Aydan and Natasha’s daughter were unstoppable. They also ran around the yard and played with her dogs and explored her beautiful garden. Man I wish I had a charged camera. What a beautiful garden! She has a pond and waterfall that I would die for. I think Aydan wanted to fish in it. After our wonderful day of playing we came home and passed out.
Now back to business. Let’s get our stuff done so we can go HOME!! Love you all. I am praying that I get to see some of you this weekend.
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