DATE!!

Yesterday we received the date of our appointment at the SDA in Kiev, Ukraine! Hooray! We will be traveling in LESS THEN 4 WEEKS. We have quite a journey ahead of us.

Here is what we anticipate* our travel will look like:

1st Trip: Darin and I will travel to Ukraine for about a week. This trip will include our appointment in Kiev, a 12 hour train ride to Irina's region, a visit at the orphanage, and a submittal for a court date in her region. Then our journey home. (train, plane, etc.)

We'll have about 2 weeks and then...

2nd Trip: All FIVE of us will travel to Ukraine for an experience we will likely not forget. :) We'll stay in country for 3-4 weeks or more, depending on the speed of the process (court date, 10 day waiting period, visa, passport, medical exam, exit interview, etc.) A great thing about homeschooling is that we'll continue on with our studies the best we can in country. At the conclusion of this trip we will bring our daughter home!!

We covet your prayers as we prepare to travel. Thank you for following along with us on our journey towards bringing Irina home. Let's pray we are home by December!

*We have been learning to hold all our plans loosely, since it is possible our plans may change. If that is the case,  we will have to be ready to be flexible. You can pray for this. :)