Leaving on a midnight train . .

Today we slept in, cooked breakfast, and managed to waste away most of the morning. The officials promised to have our paperwork completed by noon so that we could catch the 4 o'clock train. Unfortunately, the paperwork was not ready until 4 o'clock. The lady looked at my (Kate) passport and said something in Russian with a very unhappy face. She was saying I looked too young, we assured her of our age and then she allowed us to sign for our paperwork. Luba checked our paperwork to make sure everything was correct and we were off to the train station office. We will take a 11:21 pm overnight train, arrive arround 7:30 am and from there we will catch a 2 hour car ride to the town that the orphanage is in. This adoption journey is a 26 hour trip; 16 hour plan ride, 8 hour train ride and a 2 hour car ride, simply amazing!

The little girl is older then we were anticipating so we had to make a quick dash to the children's shop in the UYM department store to buy gifts and a frisbee (Casey is getting her ready for frolf). We have our hopes up to meet the girl tomorrow around noon, however if you didn't get the memo, here in Ukraine nothing goes as planned or as promised.

We are excited, anxious and nervous! Please continue to pray that the directors and inspector will allow us to meet her Friday, that the are honest, and that we will know immediately if this child is supposed to be ours.