Beautiful Girls

Did you ever see three more beautiful girls? Annie is now in Ukraine and Zhanna and Ella got to go see her and hear the Praise Choir in concert. This picture was taken two days ago and emailed by Tanya. It brings tears to our eyes whenever we look at it! We already love Zhanna and Ella as much as we love Annie! They are all our daughters, and we are the proud "Mama" and "Papa." Annie and the Praise Choir will return to the States on Sunday. We appreciate prayers.

So, we mailed off our paperwork. It needed corrections. We made corrections, got the documents notarized again, Mark drove them to Santa Fe for the apostil, we mailed them off again. They needed corrections, . . . . Four different times now this has occurred! This last week we thought we were going to fall apart. The adoption agency called and said that after looking at our paperwork they discovered that the medical tests we had done last summer were "too old." Everything has to be less than 6 months old, or Ukraine won't accept it. The Medical Tests? That was one of the hardest steps in the process (besides the crazy fingerprinting!) Not only that, there is now a two week deadline we are trying to meet to get our paperwork to Ukraine.

We felt hopeless for a short time. Mark called me at work and we both felt despair. I shared with my students, and bless them - they lifted me and Mark and the girls up in prayer as only kids can. Their sweet spirits and hearts released the burden to God. And God answered their prayers rapidly! Mark called our doctor, and explained the situation. Lo and behold, she agreed to change the dates on the form for the medical tests! She normally wouldn't do something like that, but since the tests were still timely, as far as she was concerned, and the requirements were so unreasonable, she agreed to do that! Praise God!

So, Mark picked up those forms from the doctor's office on Monday, had them notarized, drove them to Santa Fe for the apostile, and mailed them off once again. Whew! We pray that was the last time. Hopefully and prayerfully, our dossier will be on its way to Ukraine within a week to be translated.

We appreciate all your prayers. Thank you our friends. Blessings to all.
Dawn and Mark