In Jeremiah 33:3 God says "Call unto me and I will answer you and show you great and mighty things which you do not know."  We have had the opportunity to see the truth of this verse so many times this journey. It is so exciting to see God work on your own behalf, on the behalf of others when you are praying for or with them for a very concrete need. Provision of his timing of travel tickets, restoring someone's health, for the clerk to find the right file, the lost file, the missing document or facts, to overlook another fact....He is amazing.  May he give us eyes to see more of what he does, a constant awareness of what he is doing this moment and to enter fully in with thankful hearts.

We looked for shoes for Rada at the market today because she has been wearing slippers since we met, indoors or out. No success yet, but we did buy raw sunflower seeds from a farmer to try to roast them on the stove and share with the kids tomorrow. It is getting cold again. Supposed to be about 40 tomorrow.

Rada met us at the door to the play room today with a drawing of our whole family including her and Inna complete with sparkly hearts. So sweet. She informed us she would like to learn to play guitar and I told her that her brother Garrett plays. Inna soon joined us and we played games.

We learned that Ola will be hosted over the Christmas break by a family. Such good news. Now there is just one girl left in that class, a sweet 14 year old named Tanya who has played games with us and loves to toss the football.

Ray, our interpreter Onya and one of the girls, Emily seem to have a bug of some sort so please pray they recover without any further aches or pains after a good night's sleep. The other families had their court date thursday and now are in their 10 day waiting period, after which they get the new birth certificate, passport, medical exam of the child and exit interview of the parent(s)and then home to USA. It will be quiet after they leave, but that won't be till next Sunday or so.

We are going to turn in earlier tonight as church is at 9 am and Ira will be interpreting the service for us this time.  So excited. We have a whole list of things we want to talk about with the girls tomorrow and to learn from them. With Ira's help we expect our visiting time to be especially productive.

Until next time,
Love, Cari