We're in Ternopil!

We arrived in Ternopil this morning (Sunday) at 7:15am. We left Chicago on Friday after sitting in the airplane for over 2 1/2 hours waiting for the catering company to bring the food for the flight. Needless to say, our 8 1/2 in the plane ended up being over 11!! By the time we reached Frankfurt, Germany we had to go directly from our terminal to the next terminal and began boarding in the next 20 minutes. Unfortunatley, we missed having breakfast with my Aunt Brooks and Uncle Ed, who live in Germany. They were going to meet us at the airport and we didn't have enough time between flights.

We arrived in Kiev Sat. afternoon and were TIRED! We got to Valery's apartment and took an hour nap, then a long walk to keep awake. Valery treated us to a wonderful dinner he prepared. Then we took a second two hour nap and then were off to the train station. After we arrived in Ternopil, we slept for another three hours and now feel pretty "caught up".

We arrived at the orphange at around 1:30pm and met Natalya and the children. We were all so excited to see each other!!
All of us together!


We took the children, Valery, and Natalya and enjoyed lunch together.

The Last Walk Away
After lunch we decided to walk back to YWAM after purchasing three DVD movies for the kids. We got Tarzan2 in Russian, Meet the Robinsons in Ukranian, and the Water Horse in Ukrainian. We got movies that we don't have at home because they are originally in English and we can change the DVD to English for the rest of the family at home. During this walk they all asked at one time or another if they would ever have to go back to the orphange. We were glad to be able to tell them no. They will stay with us tonight--and get to wear their new pajamas! We will go back to the orphange tomorrow to sign some documents and pick up the things they want to bring home with them.


Before
Before

After - After taking showers and getting on their new clothes.
Showing off their new backpacks!