COURT HAS BEEN DELAYED

Our court date has been delayed until Monday, October 30th. Unfortunately, the SDA could not read the Moldovian birth certificate of Elliott’s. It is neither in Russian nor Ukrainian. After jumping through some hoops, it was submitted correctly this past Monday. It takes one week from the time submitted, so hopefully it will arrive by train next Monday. We are disappointed, as this delays the process at least 3 more days. We haven’t told the boys yet and we are not looking forward to it as they are so anxious to go! We believe God’s hand will be moved as we pray about the completion of this birth certificate issue. Please join us.

We found a short cut to the orphanage through the cemetery. It only cut off about 5 minutes but Kathie didn’t have to look down the entire time for potholes and broken sidewalks and their cemetery is very interesting. The bigger plots (10’ X 10’) have a little table and bench in them – I guess so you can have lunch with your deceased relative or friend. Some of the smaller ones don’t include the bench but a high (bar) table – maybe for just sharing a beer and shot of vodka (very ukrainian)! I don’t know how they get to some of the plots as other plots surround them and most of them have fences. Most of the monuments are made of metal and many of them have pictures of the deceased on the monument. The picture makes the cemetery look nicer than it really is – most of the plots are overgrown with weeds and the monuments are rusty. The entire cemetery is surrounded by metal garages. Since most people live in apartments, this is where they park their cars.

These girls were watching on the playground as Kathie hung out with Nicky and Elliott’s friends. As soon as all the boys went off to play soccer she motioned for them to come over and they came running. As with the boys, they just wanted to be show love.
The girls are all 11 years old.