Visas in hand Virginia Beach here we come!

Praise the Lord! After a day's delay due to unpredictable computer technology, we received the girls' Visas today. Thankfully we had tickets to fly home tomorrow and not today. God knows...I am so thankful for his faithfulness. He has given me total peace during this time that whatever happened he knew ahead of time and was working through each instance  for us.  

The girls have throughly enjoyed their time walking Kiev's century old streets, exploring monuments, beautiful parks, monasteries and cathedrals and trying out their tastebuds on new cuisine. At the US Consulate we ran in to Lisa and Paul Peeples again from Oklahoma. I met them applying for our children's passports in Donetsk. They are adopting 2 brothers so the kids visited a little while we waited for our Visa packets. They return to the US friday. We also met Tanya and Scott Hall from Ohio adopting a son Eli from a remote part of Ukraine 11 miles from the Russian border.

We are packed and ready to go.  The girls were very excited today as we toured town knowing they are finally flying to America tomorrow.  Every time Arianne saw a plane flying overhead she pointed and said "To America!"

We have cherished your partnership of prayer with us and thank you once again. Please continue to lift us up as we do you. Looking forward to the reunion of family and friends. Blessings in Him,
Cari

Independence Square in Kiev

Independence Square distance marker of cities from Kiev 

Arianne and Inna

Arianne, Anya our interpreter and guide, Inna