Ukraine Bound!!!

It's official! We're Ukraine bound a week from today!!!

This morning we received word that we will get a favorable introduction at the orphanage if we visit. So I bought the plane tickets. I really believe that somehow God opened this door for us and held the ticket prices steady (and low) for the last few weeks.

I'm scared to death. I've never been afraid to travel, and I've been all over the world. But now I'm scared. But I need to slip into my "project manager mode" and work on train tickets, an apartment and and interpetor for our trip.

It will be a busy week. We want to meet Karen Springs in Kiev, meet Oksana in Simperfol, visit Rimma in Odessa (a two hour drive), visit the kids and Natalya at Staris B. (one hour drive), and deliver a friend's photo album to the Kherson baby house to show the director recent photos of a child adopted from her orpanage, and of course spend as much time with Zina as we are allowed. Whew!

We leave on 4/11 and will return on 4/21. Stay tuned!