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Translator, Tour Guide, English Tutor and Taxi Service 25 Apr 2007 | 06:34 am
Julia Yarovoy, jbaskova@yahoo.com Your adoption facilitator will offer translation services during your stay in Ukraine. However, a translator will not be able to be with you all day every day. If you...
We Made It Home! 24 Apr 2007 | 10:43 am
Together at last! Sorry for the delay in making this post. Since we arrived home, it has been a whirlwind of activity. Two soccer games, a family birthday party in Lincoln, church, shopping, laundry,...
Success in Kiev. Next step... Fly Home! 20 Apr 2007 | 03:54 am
Safe arrival in Kiev last night--check Successful Medical Exam Thursday morning--check. Successful Appointment at US Embassy--check. Embassy computer network functioning properly today--check. Yuri, S...
We Depart Odessa Tonight! 19 Apr 2007 | 02:47 am
It is 6 p.m. in Odessa. We received a favorable decision today from the child protection board re Yuri's property. We have Yuri's passport and airline tickets to Kiev. Our plane departs at 9:40 p.m., ...
People We Would Like You to Meet: 18 Apr 2007 | 09:30 pm
A good friend of ours, who adopted two kids from Odessa, put it best when she said, “… they knew our kids and loved our kids before we did. And, we love them for it.” We are amazed by the work God ha...
One More Day in Odessa... again. 18 Apr 2007 | 05:34 am
We are not leaving Odessa tonight. At one point this afternoon, we thought we may not be able to depart Ukraine until next week! (That was the dark and angry moment of the day.) However, that was only...
One More Day in Odessa? 17 Apr 2007 | 03:54 am
The Nutshell - As I write this post, it is 8 pm. Monday in Odessa. We had hoped to depart for Kiev tonight but could not get Yuri's passport today. 37 days in country and counting! Today started out s...
Glimpse of Internot #4 16 Apr 2007 | 03:37 am
Before continuing with another one of our daily posts, we wanted to pause and give you a little wider glimpse of Internot #4. Michelle Maly, volunteer at Internot #4 (gray shirt), shows the fourth gr...
Property Deed, Souviners and Arcade Games 15 Apr 2007 | 08:55 am
The official part of our day happened Saturday afternoon. Natlayia, Paul and Yuri went to Babushka's apartment to meet Viktor and Babushka. There, we picked up the deed to Yuri and Viktor's property (...
New Birth Certificate and ID for Yuri 14 Apr 2007 | 07:02 am
Yuri with the new "birth certificate" stating his name as, "Yuri Paul Berger" with Paul and Renee listed as his parents. The building housing the office where the new birth certificate was issued. T...
