We have only six more days until we can rescue our sweet babies. We enjoyed our visits with Timur today. Wayne put music on his cell phone and gave it to Timur to listen to. He looked at it real close and held it up to his ear to listen. It is amazing to see them discover something new. We hope both children enjoy music as much as we all do. I can not wait until Wayne plays his guitar and sings to them. Who knows, maybe this trip will inpsire a song from him. We check on Natalia with each visit. We don't get to see her but I ask about how she is doing with the staff. They say today she is feeling better. "The" doctor will be in over the weekend to check on her groupa. We are not expecting to see her until Monday. Pray she continues to get strong. We have a lot of traveling left to do.
My sister commmented on the cafe' we use the interenet at. It is so not a Starbucks, aren't you so funny. :) Imagine the public school library where you work on a computer or listen to books on tape in a cubical. There is grafitti on the walls and the kids are not allowed to "look around" at others computers. This is a public place, anything goes. I will leave the rest for you to imagine.
We decided to come to the cafe' before eating dinner this evening. We will go to one of our two "hot spots" to eat dinner then home for a movie. Sounds like a fun Friday night to me. :) We are enjoying out time together.
Please pray for the authorities we will be dealing with this next week. We have birth certificates to obtain, their passports, visas and their medical exams. This is all while Timur and Natalia are with us. We pray they travel well. (no car seats)We will travel from Izmaiyl to Odessa, about 4 hours in a van. We'll stay a few days to obtain the paperwork necessary then back to Kiev (about 6 hours of travel). We will go to the Embassy and have thier medical exams completed in Kiev as well. We'll keep you posted on our timeline as it goes.
Thank you for your words of encouragement and prayers. We depend on them!
Thank you to those at home "holding down the fort." You are a God send. Thank You is not enough.
Have a great weekend.
Blessings,
Meghan
P.S. The pictures are of Timur eating a snack of yogurt we brought him, the new shoes we bought him to travel home in and Timur discovering Wayne's cell phone. Enjoy!
5 comments:
Thanks for sharing this beautiful baby with us, he is precious! We pray for Natalia and her groupa and that you will be able to visit with her real soon!! There will be so many discoveries for these babies once they are on the outside, how exciting for them. We will keep your family in prayer for your upcoming travels, God will be keeping all of you safe throught out this journey. Have a nice weekend and enjoy the movie. We miss each of you lots and lots. XOXO to the kiddos. LOVE YOU, Tara
It is so neat to see pictures of Timur bonding with all of you and learning about new things...we love to see them! We hope you get to see Natalia soon. You know it just dawned on me that Slava is in Natalia's groupa so we need to be praying specifically about that too for him. WHen you see her finally, let us know how he's doing will you? I hope the time goes quickly for you. Praying for you :)
Awwww, he is just so yummy! I could just eat him up! I bet he's gonna love going to listen to his Papa sing, one of these days! Only 6 more days is right! Stay focused on the mission and know that God is protecting and providing! I pray that you get to see Natalia soon! When you see her next, please tell her that Aunt Jennifer didn't forget about her...she has a brand new blankie at home waiting for her. You know...fluffy on one side, silky on the other! I hope you all have a wonderful weekend...you know we'll have a busy yet productive weekend here in OK! Keeps the updates and pictures coming...WE LOVE THEM!!!
Be safe and stay strong!!! (((HUGS))) ~Jen
Timur is just the cutest!! I just can't wait to see him in person. I know it has to be hard to not see Macey right now. I know you already know to just take it one day at a time and very soon this will all be behind you. I can't wait for you to get back to Moore so I can give you a big hug and hear all about your experiences. My mom, neices, Katie, Julianna and I are headed to Branson tomorrow for a few days of rest. I plan to do some shopping while I am there for Timur and Macey!! Take Care!! XOXO Denise
What great pictures! Our Reid is so enthralled with listening to music too and pretending to talk on the phone :).
I am so thrilled that things are moving along smoothly so far...except for little Macey getting sick. We are continue to keep you all in our prayers!
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