Thursday, December 18, 2008

Off to Lugansk

We spoke to Yulia this afternoon and got more information on the children. One may (emphasize "may") have some health issues that were not documented at SDA. Another one was good, but is in Italy on a hosting program until 01/16.

That leaves the 2 boys. One is 6 1/2 and the other is almost 10. They have been in the orphanage for about 3 years. They are somewhere in the Lugansk area, though I don't know where yet. The area is at the far eastern part of Ukraine and very near the Russian border.

We packed quickly and are waiting for our ride. From here we go back to SDA (is we can get through traffic in time) to pick up our referral. Then we head to the train station for a 6:45 governight train. we arrive in Lugansk at 8am.

Ate lunch at Mictep Cnek, CendbiY Bap (Mister Snack, Sandwich Bar). Had a pretty good chicken kebab. A nice man helped Colin order a couple of snausages.

With a lot of hurry up and wait (as well as jet lag), we really haven't had any time for sightseeing. But we will be back in Kiev for at least 1 week at the end of the process.

Got to run

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

We got our treasure in Lugansk. Good luck. Will be interested to follow to see which detsky dom you go to! The ages were similar to our son when we got him! Remember that God is in control. God Speed!