Anybody got any books on strong-willed children they want to loan us?...... We have had a wonderful time again today visiting with Svetlana for a few hours in the afternoon after nap time. She has more energy than the two of us put together. We think she will be perfect for gymnastics at some point with seeing how strong she is and the things she likes to do. She can almost do a 'bridge', has good balance and isn't afraid of anything. She jumped up and stood on Grants legs when he was sitting down, and said 'don't hold me I can do it by myself'. Some other choice words have been (after getting a tiny cut on her knee which was barely bleeding) - 'look at how much blood there is, it will be flowing down my leg when I sleep'. After we got it to stop bleeding, she walked away and said 'I'm happy and healthy!. She is a real character. I am glad we have a good translator. He doesn't hold anything back. We tried to get her to learn one word in English and she said - 'I will learn it tomorrow when you come back' - but we finally got her to do it. We asked her if she was excited about going to America, and she asked if she was going there forever, and we said yes, and she did like a 'fist pump' with a yeah! The only reason she asked this was because some kids go out of the country with host families for the summer and they they come back, so she was just making sure. She also told us that she prefers to be called Svetlana rather than Sveta.
We did find out that we are going to have to wait for the mail to deliver the original paper to Kobelyaki for the inquiry to seperate the sisters and then we will have to wait for the response by mail. Hopefully, we will get it by the end of next week. Everything else is moving forward and people are preparing papers ahead of time so that they will be ready to go as soon as we get the papers from Kobelyaki. If all goes well, we should have the court hearing around June 8th.
We are trying to locate the Calvary Chapel that just happens to be here in Poltava. It looks like there are a few American missionaries there, and from the looks of the newsletters posted, they visit the orphanage occassionaly. That would be an answer to prayer also, because we had no idea if there would be any Christian influence at the orphanage. We are not sure how much at this point, but at least there is some.
Thank you all for your prayers, your e-mails and posts. It is very encouraging.
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Suzanne and Grant: Here are the emails for two of the American Missionaries in Poltava
hallel@ccmukraine.org -Marilyn Gibbs
BaHecca10_6@hotmail.com
Hopes this helps.
If you have Sasha's cell phone number she ought to have Marilyn or Vanessa's phone number. Also Ira can provide a number for you. Oleg is now at camp.
Sounds like you've got a 'live wire' in Svetlana. If she is the child that you adopt, you can both say that God is good. Rose Ann and I are both praying that He will answer soon.
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