STILL…WAITING PATIENTLY
August 23, 2006
Well, it has been more than 2 months now since we have journaled and we are still waiting for a date to travel to UA. It seems that the new adoption center did not open as quickly as we thought they would. We received word that it could be as late as Jan. of 2007 before we even know when we might travel. It has been our experience that with UA, you never know what might happen.
We are trying to keep our eyes focused on the Lord, but as a typical American I must say…I don’t like waiting! We have fortunately been able to make phone calls to D and talk with her (Thanks to O). She wants to know when we are coming to visit her. Of course, we haven’t told her that C is planning to take a trip to Ukraine in Oct. to visit her and the others at the orphanage. If anything happens and he is not able to make the trip, she would be devastated. She is such a sweet girl! All summer she has been at a camp located near the Black Sea. We had the opportunity in the spring to sign her up to come to America for a couple of weeks during the summer with Hope for Orphans of the World, but we didn’t because we were so sure that we would be in UA by this time. This was a decision that we now regret making. After a phone call to her at camp we found out that she was hungry. The amazing thing is that we mailed some food items (a women’s shoe box full cost around $50) and found out later that she actually received our package! I think those were the most expensive snacks I have ever bought….but I would spend it all over again to know that it satisfied her appetite. And hey, we found out she likes Slim Jims (she takes after her papa). In one conversation, D asked if we could call her every day (I think she just likes to hear our voices). O quickly let me know that I could not call her EVERY day ($$$) but we told her we would try to call around 3 times during the week. O agreed to translate for 1 of these times. The other 2, I am on my own…which makes for a short phone call…. (yah nyeh pah-nee-mah-yoo pah-roos-skee) I don’t understand Russian!
Later
We are trying to keep our eyes focused on the Lord, but as a typical American I must say…I don’t like waiting! We have fortunately been able to make phone calls to D and talk with her (Thanks to O). She wants to know when we are coming to visit her. Of course, we haven’t told her that C is planning to take a trip to Ukraine in Oct. to visit her and the others at the orphanage. If anything happens and he is not able to make the trip, she would be devastated. She is such a sweet girl! All summer she has been at a camp located near the Black Sea. We had the opportunity in the spring to sign her up to come to America for a couple of weeks during the summer with Hope for Orphans of the World, but we didn’t because we were so sure that we would be in UA by this time. This was a decision that we now regret making. After a phone call to her at camp we found out that she was hungry. The amazing thing is that we mailed some food items (a women’s shoe box full cost around $50) and found out later that she actually received our package! I think those were the most expensive snacks I have ever bought….but I would spend it all over again to know that it satisfied her appetite. And hey, we found out she likes Slim Jims (she takes after her papa). In one conversation, D asked if we could call her every day (I think she just likes to hear our voices). O quickly let me know that I could not call her EVERY day ($$$) but we told her we would try to call around 3 times during the week. O agreed to translate for 1 of these times. The other 2, I am on my own…which makes for a short phone call…. (yah nyeh pah-nee-mah-yoo pah-roos-skee) I don’t understand Russian!
Later
Mama
posted by Chris G. @ Saturday, August 26, 2006
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