We received 2 referrals today!

It's official, we accepted 2 referrals today. We were approved for two children when we applied and submitted. We had inquired about a little girl back in October. She was too far, in a another region plus it would take more time and money. Something we did not have any extra of. We have been praying about this months. We decided that if the Lord provided the money and another child in the same orphanage as Timur we knew it would be from the Lord. It happened! There is a little girl, 4 years old with Down Syndrome, recently available and she is currently living in the same orphanage with Timur. God is so good! We saw her picture for the 1st time today. She is beautiful! She has dark hair and beautiful eyes. We laughed and cried when we saw both Timur's and Natalia's pictures. It was the baby picture of Timur we were expecting to see. Natalia is her birth name and she was born on Christmas Day! Wayne said she's our gift from God. The meeting itself was simple and comfortable. My nerves went away as soon as I saw the kids pictures. They asked only one question, "How did you come to know about the children you are requesting?" We told them about a family that had met Timur last year, The Green's. That was it. It was short and oh so sweet. The meeting was in an office not a court room with a big long table and red velvet chair that I had imagined. Taylor and Tanner were with us during our meeting. They saw the process and were able to see the young pictures of Timur and Natalia. I am so glad we can share this experience with them. They have been great and are real troopers. We have walked a many of miles in the past two days. They have been so excited taking all the sights in that they haven't complained hardly at all. After our appointment today we had some excitement. Anatoly, our facilitator told Wayne and I along with our translator, Irina, to come on. We had to go to THE notary to renew our application for Natalia. We had only applied for Timur and were accepted to adopt two children. We were able to get the referral for Natalia, have our application notarized and picked up BOTH referrals by 5 pm. And I thought we would be looking for something to do this afternoon. The process was exciting. Anatoly was great and Irina too. They make a great team. I can say that about Victoria too. It has taken several people to get us to this point. God has truly allowed us to work with some wonderful people. The Hollis' and the Powell's received their referral also. Today has been a great day! We are leaving Kiev at 4am tomorrow. We have to leave the guest house at 3am in order to meet our ride. We will travel to Izmail and plan to be there at Noon. That means we will meat Timur and Natalia near lunchtime. I can't not wait to meet our new children. We came to Ukraine a family of 4 and will be leaving as a family of 6, Lord willing. We will have our official court date soon. That is were we will become the named parents of Timur and Natalia. We will post pictures of them as soon as we are able. Wayne can not get the video loaded from Jamie's computer. We will try again when we get to Izmail. Stay tuned this journey is exciting for all of us.
Blessings,
Meghan