One boy (A) is scared and having second thoughts about leaving everything he has ever known. His family is trying to get there as quickly as possible so they can see him to remind him what it's like to have a family. Their papers are moving at unheard of record speeds, so God is in control and has the perfect timing for them.
Please continue to pray for O. He is applying for a student visa and needs someone at the US Embassy to approve him. His family has all the financial backing to bring him here and pay for school, they just need approval from our government! He has been denied once, but they're still trying.
Remember V*ktor's roommate J? The one who was on the phone at the same time both boys learned they were being adopted? The sweet boy whose "really?" said so much.... All along, we "thought" that he would only have to wait a little while to come - like early spring. At this point, that's now in question. The database is not showing a date. They are checking again in 2 days, and I BELIEVE in the power of prayer! PLEASE pray that he is available now and we can travel with his parents to get our boys in January. If no date shows, pray for whoever in the Ukrainian government has to make the decision of what to do. Pray they have an open heart and see that this boy deserves to come home. Right now, it does not look good, but God has a plan. HE CAN do anything. We believe that and trust Him. Pray he gets to come and be with his parents very very soon.
Finally, our fundraising has been going really good. We are in awe of all the support and amazing people who have stepped out to contribute to getting our boy a home and a family. Silly me - I thought that most of our funds would come from our events. A lot of it has, but even more has come from the generosity of many, many people all wanting to make a difference. As of right now, we are about $10,000 away from having everything we need :) Praise the Lord! That brings me to our last prayer request at this point. Today, I submitted the last piece of documentation needed for a grant. Please pray that we will qualify and be accepted as a recipient of their grant funds. God is in control of this and listens to His people! Pray pray pray!V*ktor is good :) His school celebrated an anniversary yesterday. Apparently the kids spent all day Friday cleaning and getting ready for the celebration! He FINALLY got his care package we sent at the end of August. We normally talk on Wednesday and Saturday, but he called yesterday to say "thank you so much!" It was really sweet, he kept telling me he liked the pictures of A and B. I couldn't figure out why he kept talking about a picture of them. Later, it dawned on me that they had drawn pictures for him. I can just picture them hanging up in his room - or perhaps tucked away to protect them. So sweet! He used to hand the phone to J when he was trying to tell me something he didn't know how to say. I take it as a good sign that now he's asking J what to say so he can say it himself! I can tell they've been practicing their English!
TAKE HOME SOUP SUPPER
SATURDAY, OCT 20th (or Sunday the 21st)
Saturday - Pickup from 5-6 at Syr*cuse Baptist Church
5 servings (total of about 10 cups) for a minimum donation $20
5 servings (total of about 10 cups) for a minimum donation $20
Saturday - 6-6:30 delivery available in Syr*cuse
Sunday - cold soup pickup available in the afternoon
Choose between Potato, Russian Borscht, and Chili
Order by Wednesday the 17th! THREE ways to order:
"Vote" on the "Bring V*ktor Home" facebook page
email me or call me
We have decided that we just are NOT meant to camp in L-ville. Remember the last time with the storms in May? Friday, we got there, got set-up, and plugged in the space heater. Sparks, bad smell, and no more space heater! Uhhhh, it was getting COLD! Our friends who were camping with us were late (as usual - haha), so they brought one to us. The heater took care of the cold part, but OH MY GOODNESS!!!! That was about the loudest thunder I have ever heard. It was accompanied by lighting that made it bright as midday sun! Crazy! Saturday wasn't bad during the day. It dried pretty quickly. The boys had a soccer game in S-field, so we went up to that and checked out the new fire-hall. They had an open house at the fire hall complete with obstacle course, trailer with a smoke simulator, seatbelt simulator, cake walk, fire safety quiz, and of course climbing on the fire trucks! As we were leaving, a helicopter landed! I think our friend L was even more excited than the kids about that :) Back at the campsite, Brian took the boys fishing. Then, we had yummy steak and taters. It wasn't long before people were calling telling us to watch the radar! Our friends have smartphones (as opposed to our dumb ones), so we kept up on it to see that the hail and high wind was going to miss us. The rain, LOUD thunder, and lightning started around 9:30, though!!! It lasted all night! When we left Sunday morning to go home and get ready for church there was tons of standing water all over the campground. We came back from church to pack up, and a lot of it had dried. Glad our canvas on the popup was dry then, too! We got it home and "winterized" it. So, we are thinking that we are not supposed to camp there - at least unless the forecast is a 0% chance of rain and storms!
We still have some T-shirts if you want one! Let me know!
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