Krista Calls One In
We have good news to share. But first, we need to tell an amazing story.
On Tuesday, our friend Krista was in Jerusalem as part of an annual trip she leads. While there, she visited the famous Wailing Wall and placed a prayer in it for us regarding our adoption adventure. Her prayer was for us to hear about our kids soon. She must have been pretty determined in what she had to say because later that day we received a call from our adoption coordinator telling us we needed to come in to learn about two children now living in an orphanage in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Now coincidence is one thing, but after waiting nearly seven months for "the call", it absolutely floors us that our good news came mere hours after Krista called one in from Jerusalem on what must be a direct line to Heaven.
With our good news in hand, we raced to the adoption office to learn about a little boy (nine months) and a little girl (seven months) who will likely become our kids in the weeks ahead. We received some medical information on them, saw a few pictures and then embarked on a whirlwind of calls and paperwork that shows no signs of stopping. We can't make out much in the blury photos the orphanage sent, but we'll have some good pictures soon.
We will likely depart for Moscow this Sunday, arrive on Monday and visit the orphanage in Rostov-on-Don on Tuesday and Wednesday. If everything goes as planned, we will fly home on Thanksgiving Day. It will be a quick couple of days in Russia and we are very excited to meet the kids.
If technology allows, we'll post a message from Russia in the days ahead. Thanks for your love and support.
On Tuesday, our friend Krista was in Jerusalem as part of an annual trip she leads. While there, she visited the famous Wailing Wall and placed a prayer in it for us regarding our adoption adventure. Her prayer was for us to hear about our kids soon. She must have been pretty determined in what she had to say because later that day we received a call from our adoption coordinator telling us we needed to come in to learn about two children now living in an orphanage in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Now coincidence is one thing, but after waiting nearly seven months for "the call", it absolutely floors us that our good news came mere hours after Krista called one in from Jerusalem on what must be a direct line to Heaven.
With our good news in hand, we raced to the adoption office to learn about a little boy (nine months) and a little girl (seven months) who will likely become our kids in the weeks ahead. We received some medical information on them, saw a few pictures and then embarked on a whirlwind of calls and paperwork that shows no signs of stopping. We can't make out much in the blury photos the orphanage sent, but we'll have some good pictures soon.
We will likely depart for Moscow this Sunday, arrive on Monday and visit the orphanage in Rostov-on-Don on Tuesday and Wednesday. If everything goes as planned, we will fly home on Thanksgiving Day. It will be a quick couple of days in Russia and we are very excited to meet the kids.
If technology allows, we'll post a message from Russia in the days ahead. Thanks for your love and support.
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