Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Smooth Sailing So Far.

Hello everyone.
We are still in beautiful, crowded Kiev. Our appointment was today. Everything went great, we are approved for the adoption of Christina. Mom also asked about Masha's situation and they are going to look into the situation and give us information about her paperwork and hopefully time when she will be avaliable for adoption tommorrow. At the same time, we will get our referral tommorrow night between 5-6 which will cause us to stay in Kiev a couple more nights. Our plans as of now are a visit to Orphanage 21 tommorrow afternoon to visit Sergey K. and the other kids we know there, and then get up at 5 in the morning on Friday and drive to Matveevka where we will be able to see the kids that evening. So, hopefully I will be able to find an internet connection in Zaporizhyzhya to post and add pictures of the kids. Love to all, and thanks for all the comments of encouragement, it is nice to hear some English. HAHA.
Love, The Gully's

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey Gully's--

Your pictures are great! They bring back some great memories for us. Please tell Sasha that we said hello and that he needs to take better care of you than he did us, ha ha! It is wonderful to hear that your appointment went well Kiev and you will be on your way to Zap in a couple of days. I do not know where you are staying in Zap, but the internet cafe we used consistently was only a block away from the Hotel Ukraine, right next door to the post office on the main street in Zap. If you have trouble finding it, I can give you a more detailed description.

Love you guys and love your hearts for your passion for this journey.

Anonymous said...

sorry...the previous comment was from us...Love you guys!

Unknown said...

Hey!
Hope everything is going great! I am so happy for your family. If you see Sasha Petrichenko at Orphanage 21, will you please tell him that I said Hi. I am praying for your family, and I know ya'll are having so much fun in Kiev!
With Love,
Olivia B.

What we are about... said...

Hey Gullys!!! WOW I AM jEALOUS!:):)
I hope we will be following soon. Anna, please help Katya choose some cute modest clothings! We really are praying for you guys and hoping all goes great! Much love from Mississippi.


Jan Williams

Unknown said...

I thought that this is an awesome verse that explains adoption: A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling-
God sets the lonely in families, he leads forth the prisoners with singing; but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.
Pslam 68:5-6

Ande and Paula Underwood said...

Hey guys! So excited to hear that you were approved for Kristina. We are continuing to pray for good news with Masha. We are so anxious to see how everything goes with you, how the process is working. Tell Sasha hi for me. We are praying for a quick, easy trip (despite your difficult travel to Ukraine). Love you guys and look forward to many more updates!
Underwood family

wagoneer said...

Thanks Anna for the updates on your family! Wow...still so amazing that you guys are really there. Please hug on the kids at Orphanage 21 for Mama Valerie and Papa Randy and please give my "superman" Andrey a big hug from us all and tell him I love him...also if you see Anya and of course all of the other kids!!! Ok, well hug all of them and tell them all we love them so much...go ahead and hug Alla too! Can't wait to hear from you all again. Tell Sasha hello! Love you and thank you for stepping up to this amazing journey in the name of Christ. love, Valerie and Randy Hall