Hello everyone. It has been three weeks since we have been home. Yesterday Griselda flew back to the Ukraine to complete the wrap up work for the adoption and bring the boys home. We have kept in contact with Vlad and he cannot wait until it is over. We called Vlad yesterday just before leaving for the airport and he said he cannot stand being in the orphanage anymore and is so anxious to be out of there. The missionaries have been seeing Dima 2 to 3 times a week. Since Dima does not have a phone the missionaries have been our go between for us and Dima. The missionaries have been just wonderful and they have enjoyed the opportunity to be able to teach Dima.
When I got home from church today Griselda had sent an email which was waiting for me. I purchased a small laptop for her the night before leaving so she could keep in contact and not have to walk to the internet cafe by herself (It is a 15 minute walk from the apartment). I was amazed how cheap the laptop was. It was a fourth of the cost I paid three years ago for my PC Laptop (Which has not been as good as they advertise) and is much better with more high tech hardware. Her trip was fine, but she said she was dead tired as one can imagine after traveling for more that 24 hours strait. She said she really loved Frankfurt, but I do not know how you can love Frankfurt from the airport so it must not have been too bad. On our previous trip, our plane was in Munich both times. Griselda did make it to Sumy and she is in the same apartment we were in before. She says the weather is "super nice " and is actually quite warm there. The weather report I looked at for Sumy did say it would be in the 60s F for a couple of days then it will be cold again. Griselda said that Oleg had completed a lot of the work that could be done without one of us being there so that will help move the process along. We hope very much they can be home by Thanksgiving but there is no guarantee.
When I got home from church today Griselda had sent an email which was waiting for me. I purchased a small laptop for her the night before leaving so she could keep in contact and not have to walk to the internet cafe by herself (It is a 15 minute walk from the apartment). I was amazed how cheap the laptop was. It was a fourth of the cost I paid three years ago for my PC Laptop (Which has not been as good as they advertise) and is much better with more high tech hardware. Her trip was fine, but she said she was dead tired as one can imagine after traveling for more that 24 hours strait. She said she really loved Frankfurt, but I do not know how you can love Frankfurt from the airport so it must not have been too bad. On our previous trip, our plane was in Munich both times. Griselda did make it to Sumy and she is in the same apartment we were in before. She says the weather is "super nice " and is actually quite warm there. The weather report I looked at for Sumy did say it would be in the 60s F for a couple of days then it will be cold again. Griselda said that Oleg had completed a lot of the work that could be done without one of us being there so that will help move the process along. We hope very much they can be home by Thanksgiving but there is no guarantee.
3 comments:
Hurray!! I hope things go smoothly and they're all home before you know it!
Is Elder Kofoed one of your missionaries teaching Dima? What a small world. Good luck Griselda!!
Good Luck Grisela, We hope it all goes very smoothly and that you are back home soon. We are so excited that you finally get to finish and get your boys home. We are cheering for you.
All the best
The Hinksons
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