A busy, busy Summer

Several things have happened in the past six weeks that we just never imagined. We were finally able to meet the family that adopted our girls' best friends from the same orphanage. We hadn't seen these girls since we left Ukraine four years ago, except for an occasional Skype call. When we left these two sisters, we had no idea if they would ever have a family. Would they age out and just live on the streets? Well, the answer is no!! They now have a wonderful, loving, Christian family. It was great spending a few days with them and their family. The fifth girl, in one of the pictures, was our host child for six weeks. We didn't know that we would host her until a few days before she came to stay with us. It's amazing how these kids can steal your heart.

Five years already?

I was looking at my blog today to see the exact date that we arrived home in 2008. I'm sure I didn't post on that day because it was 10pm at night when we arrived at the airport. We had been traveling for close to 24 hours. I was exhausted! On this day, in 2008, we picked up the passport with the VISA and had flights to go home. We were leaving our friends and their two new children behind in Kiev. It was nice to be coming home, but we were sad for them that they would have to stay another two weeks. We are still very good friends even though we live an hour or so away from each other and try to get together a few times a year. The post for today in 2008, mentioned needing to figure something out. Tomorrow is the actual day we arrived home. So more on the actual arrival home tomorrow.