This is the last post from what has been our home for the last 18 days.
I am so glad our time is up and we are able to head home starting tomorrow.
It will take us a while longer before we are all the way there, but at least we are headed back west!!
The girls are expressing that they don't want us to leave. Olga sat next to James today, holding his hand, and asked over and over for us to stay and bring Hannah and Jordan and Grandma here, so we wouldn't leave. Tomorrow will be an emotional roller coaster indeed! Glad to head west - sad to say goodbye to these sweet kids :( We are going to find out if Marina can email her friends here via their teachers or the school counselor, as that would be much nicer to communicate faster rather than snail mail. Marina doesn't seem to be sad to go AT ALL. She can't wait to get going! She doesn't even want to spend the 3 days in Kiev at the Embassay - she just wants to "go America".
Today we at lunch with the girls here at the house and they ate more than I did. I don't know where they put all that food in their little bellies!! They said it was sooooooo much better than the food at school. Then we took them shopping at center and got a few snacks for the road tomorrow and of course ice cream for them all. We bought a few more gifts here - yummy ones, hint, hint :) Then on the way back home the taxi had to stop for a cow and it's chain was across the road, so we had to honk at it to get it to move. It was funny - how often does that happen at home? Hmmmm, NEVER! We exchanged addresses and phone #'s and email addresses with Olga and Constantine so we can keep in touch. They are wonderful people and made our stay here very comfortable (except for the blue sheets, hahaha)
I am wondering if when we get home if we'll know how to speak normal English again. We've spent so much time speaking broken "simple" English with a little Russian here and there, that it will seem strange not to have to edit your statements to make them easier for someone else to understand. A nice change though :)
Well, it may be a couple days or so before I am able to post again. We won't have connection at the apartment most likely, so be patient and we'll post a.s.a.p.
Love to all!
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4 comments:
Good New! Good News! We won't tell the girls yet until we hear from you for a definate time to be on the plane headed home! They are with Grandma Angie this weekend. Good thing! I will e-mail you and tell you of our misfortune. Nothing major to anybody else who reads this post. Nothing about the girls they are fine! Nanney
Hey! I am glad to hear you are headed to Kiev but sad to hear we wont get to read any new post for a few days. Just hearing about how Olga wants you guys to stay and live there breaks my heart. I hope that all of Marina's friends find forever homes in the US someday, that would be great. Looking forward to hearing from you soon, and seeing you none the less! We get the girls this week I am so excited, I've missed them a lot. And next week I get to get on Pongo. :) All our love and Prayers <3 ~Frankie
I'm so glad you are heading home!! We can't wait to meet your new daughter! :)
I am so glad to hear that all is well! You should write a book about your adventure :-) Have fun on your way back!! I can't wait to see all of you! Congrats on everything. What a journey. Talk to you soon.
~Pagina
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