God does work his plan in ways that baffle. Sergey has worked through the Lord and gotten a lot done in the last few days, and I do mean a lot!!! We are at the point now where the local records center is waiting for an express letter (3 to 4 days - what do you expect express to mean, otherwise a week to 10 days). The letter will authorize the right to a new/corrected birth certificate. It looks like that will be Tuesday or Wednesday of next week. Once issued and another document signed by the local inspector our package will be off to Kyiv. Keep those prayers coming, God is blessing us. We will visit Ira later this afternoon and hopefully over the weekend. Will keep you posted and more pictures to follow. - Dale
We did try to post some pictures yesterday, but we were having problems with the computer at the Internet cafe. We'll be taking pictures today while visiting Irina and hope to post them tomorrow. It's been hard not seeing Irina the last couple days, but Sergey has been busy compacting 2-3 months of paperwork into a week or so. Last night Sergey treated to cooking us dinner. It was a tortellini-like pasta with a meat and onion filling served with sour cream. After that we watched the Patriot. What would we do without our American movies? The other day when Dale & I were shopping at Billa (grocery store) a man from the UK approached us and was thrilled to talk to someone who speaks English! Guess that's how our daughter will feel when we get home. We are so blessed with a ready-made Ukrainian community in Williamsburg!! - Blessings, Debbie
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Thanks for keeping us up-to-date. We'll keep praying for God-SPEED with the many documents and approvals. Sounds like you have a great facilitator and are holding up well!
Tim & Charlene
Glad you are making progress. What you had yesterday at Sergey's is pel'meni, a very famous Russian dish. Also, a squid salad is very popular in Ukraine. I remember liking it growing up, too. God bless you as you are waiting on Him.
Iryna
It's nice to hear some good news in terms of the progress you are making. I guess you can only be patient and continue to plod along until your work is done. But with the resourcefulness that the two of you possess, you will eventually reach your goal. We're cheering for you and you continue to be in our prayers!
Ann and Emmerich
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