Inquiring minds

The journey continues…can you imagine the questions and thoughts of 2 young boys traveling for the first time on a plane to America. During the 10 hour flight to JFK I think I answered over 5,000 questions. Then in the airport when we changed planes there were another 1000 or so. But best of all [...]

Read Full Post »

The torch has been extinguished – for now

It’s hard to believe that the adoption has been completed for 2 of our boys – Sergei (Will) and Valera (James). What all did it take to do that you might ask? Well, it took 1 year, 1 Divine appointment, a multitude of documents which all had to be apostilled in the USA and translated [...]

Read Full Post »

Day of decision!

Finally after 15 months, numerous documents notarized, apostilled, translated into Ukrainian, then notarized in Ukraine, submitted to government, redoing some of the documents because of some technicalities, meeting with a lawyer, paying court fees and an hour in the courtroom with the judge – the decision has been announced that Sergei and Valera are part [...]

Read Full Post »

The Torch is lit!

Now I realize some of you may be looking at this photo of a gold candle and perhaps thinking I have lost my mind. Truth be told I have not lost it! What I am referring to is the adoption process of 2 of our boys from the Ark has begun. Hence, the torch is [...]

Read Full Post »

Grace…amazing and unending

Today I was watching a new video we have that tells the story of some children that were abandoned on the street by their mother. As I watched I could feel the rejection and saddness they felt during that period in their life. Amazingly enough they now live at the Ark and pray daily for [...]

Read Full Post »