Well today we finally got the news that we have been waiting for: The Director approved our adoption of Vova and signed all the paperwork. We now have to get all the paperwork approved by Child Protective Sevices and get a court date. Due to the Ukranian holiday next Tuesday and Wednesday, it may be two weeks until we get a court date. We find out tomorrow. If that is the case, Judi and I will likely fly home for the break. That would mean a total of 3 trips to the Ukraine (one more for the 10 day waiting period after our court date) but we can't take that much time off from our jobs. We will know more tomorrow.
Lenin................... Vova was so excited. We can definitly tell that Vova is ready to go. He wants to be with us all the time and seems less interested in playing with his friends. After the Director gave the go-ahead, we were talking with Vova and our translator about Vova's middle name and what it should be. Judi and I had been discussing it for weeks and the name we came up with was Jon or Jonathan, which is my middle name. When the translator asked Vova what middle name he wanted, Vova just shrugged his shoulders. When she asked him a second time, he said "John"..... Our mouths just about hit the floor. We could not believe it! Definitely providence was working there.
Ok, on a lighter note, believe it or not, we saw this Hummvee driving down the main street in Kherson this morning. It was all jacked up with a lift kit, huge tires and had every accessory imagineable, including strobe lights on the running boards. What is more, is that it was flying an American flag and had FLORIDA licence plates. We had to make sure we were not halucinating. Saw it again tonight as we were sitting at an outdoor cafe. It pulled up, partially on sidewalk and parked with flashers on, halfway in the street. Cars had to stop to get around it. Did not see guy get out but there it stayed for about 45 minutes. Then, guy comes out, hopes in the Hummvee and drives away. Can't believe he is an American. If he is, well he just may have set relations back a few years.
Judi and sweet Sonya again
Photo of Kola who I believe was Stass Funk's pal at the orphanage. Dave and Darcy, we still have not seen Sasha all week. Is he the same boy sitting on the middle of the couch in photo below? (third from the left)
That is the only Sasha we know around Stass's age. If it's not him, let us know. Thanks for all your prayers and support. Please continue to pray for our friends the Costanzas, as they are still waiting for the Directors ok on their daughter Anya. Jake and Judi
Woohoo for paperwork signing!
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