Answers to prayer

It is pretty cool how God has arranged everything...we hooked up today with Natasha, who is the translator for the Pastor at Calvary Chapel Poltava. Since the missionary couple that normally goes to the orphanage is out of the country this week, they gave us permission to go over instead. Natasha met us at the orphanage and Grant and her went to teach the 5th grade class. Suzanne went with Svetlana as they did not want her going over to the area of the school for the older children. We knew when we came this would be more than just an adoption trip but that the entire adoption process has brought us into people's paths that God had arranged, and this was no different. I think the most difficult was after Grant finished the Bible study and then they started asking more questions like why we were there etc, so he did share that we were there to adopt and of course they wanted to know why no one wanted to adopt older children? What do you say to that? At least he could share that we did persue adopting her older sister but that she was not able to be adopted......so they wanted us to tell ALL OF YOU BACK IN AMERICA TO COME TO THEIR ORPHANAGE FOR THEM. Seriously - this was what they actually said to us.....so start praying.......... On Sunday, Pastor Eric also told us how us coming was an answer to prayer because they have been praying that people would come from the U.S. to adopt the children. We get answered prayer and so do they!

Tomorrow Sergei will be back and we will find out what is happening with the paperwork that was sent off to Kobelyaki where Svetlana's sister is at. We hope it is already on it's way back to us.

Paka...............(see you later)