Half a world away

It has been 4 days, 11 hours, 55 minutes since we last saw our precious M. Each day has been a painful reminder from when we last saw our daughter crying because the closest chance at a true family was walking away, but it is also a step closer to the day when we will reunite with her and show her more than tell her how deep our love for her truly runs. We have talked to her each day since we left and love to hear her boldly proclaim her last name as Williams and to hear her say in English, "Love you, Love you!" We pray hard that she will trust us and that the Lord will comfort her in this process. Also pray that some issues in Ukraine's Parliament will not be used by the enemy to slow our process.

Thank you for all of your support and prayers, here is the letter I wrote on the Train ride back to Kiev that we sent her along with the package full of goodies:

"M..., I want you to know that your Papa and Mama love you very much. Our prayer for over 4 years was that God would send us to you, and now that we have found you there is nothing that will keep us away. You are so beautiful, and so smart, but your Mama and Papa need you to be strong and not lose hope. We are going to come and get you because without M... our family can never be complete. When this whole process is over and Papa and M... fly back to America together there will be so many people who will rejoice that you are home, including Mama and Chan Chan.  M... you are our daughter and nothing can ever change that, when you say to us that you are M... Williams I can't help but to smile. We miss you so much, but please trust us that no matter what it takes we will come get you. Then the Williams family can all be together forever, Papa, Mama, M..., Chan Chan, and Elliot. Your Papa and Mama love you so much and you never need to doubt that, just a few more days so don't give up.

Love you, love you!"