The saying goes, "No news is good news." I don't like that saying. Today we have "no news", but it is not "good news". I spoke briefly with Tanya this afternoon and she said they had no upates on the status of Pasha's papers. Bummer! We were hoping for some miraculous discovery of the specific piece of paper that would clear everything up so we could go to court.
Oh well. We walk the path. God knows the route.
We did spend some time with Natasha and Pasha today. We met them at the orphanage and asked their caregivers if we could take them back to the Bible House so we could talk with our kids back in Colorado. They were accomodating as long as we had them back by 5PM for studies.
We were able to chat briefly with the kiddoes in Colorado before they took off for school. There were only waves between the Colorado kids and the Ukraine kids, but we'll take the baby steps.
Then we called the Volfs and Natasha and Pasha had a chance to chat with Ashley. Ashley is an excellent translator. Her English is amazing after only 8 months in the states. They chatted for 1/2 hour so and then they too had to go off to school.
We had a few snacks and then it was time to take them back to the orphanage. Natasha asked me if we could delay and not go back until 5:10PM. She looked at me with those dark, puppy-dog eyes, and I thought to myself, "Oh boy, am I in for it!" But, I held my ground and said, "No, we have to be back on time so the caregivers continue to let us take you out!" It was a minor "I'm the Dad, and your the daughter" moment, but a good one.
That's it for today. Michele is bummed that she's going to finish her book soon. She only brought one and we haven't seen an English book in any bookstore that we've been in. If anyone knows of a bookstore with English books in Kherson, please do let us know! :)
Thanks for reading. Hopefully tomorrow we have "some news is good news".
Bruce & Michele
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Our missionary friends have tons, and movies to borrow. They also have English Bible studies near Glory Park every other Sunday evening for all the local missionaries to get together and encourage each other. English books in Ukraine are terribly expensive so every one shares! Email me for contact info.
ReplyDeleteAaah - you better watch out, Bruce! Stay strong!!! Oksana had Erik wrapped around her finger for a while, we're still trying to un-do some of that 6 months later! So doing what you did from the beginning will help you in the long run, even if you feel bad about doing it now. :)
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I know what you mean about no news!
ReplyDeleteIt's so good to hear about your interactions with the kids - we got many of those puppy dogs looks from Adam as well. We were hoping to join you shortly in Ukraine, but we don't quite have our travel date yet. We could bring more books if only...
ReplyDeleteI bought an English book about Kherson at the grocery store in the Lenin square. But the English is so terrible that I cannot even understand what they are talking about sometimes!
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