Our Day at the NAC

Today we went to the adoption center NAC for our appointment. We found out that our marraige certificate was not valid according to the NAC, so we had to leave and return later with a valid marraige liscence. Don't ask us how the people of Ukraine can determine whether we are actually married?

We did spend most of the day looking for Koyla in the books. We found nothing. However, after awhile one of the NAC people found his documents in another place within the NAC. He had officially not information about him expect that he was thrown away.

We will leave tomorrow for Odessa and arrive Friday morning at Lela's.

Girls please e-mail us at Galina's tonight or tomorrow.

Love you all and thanks for the notes.

Susie and Kyle

Our Day at the NAC

Today we went to our appointment at the NAC. We got there at 10:15 for our 10:30 appointment. We got in at 10:40 and were told we had an invalid marriage license so we had to leave and get a notary to sign that we were married. How did they know we were married? Our passports. Very crazy. We went back to NAC and waited til 1:00, they let us in again and then we looked for Kolya 10 minutes and it was time for them to go to lunch. They told us come back at 2:15. We ate lunch, pizza, but without sauce and with chicken and ham on it.

Went back to NAC and looked through about 6 books, could not find Kolya. Two psycologists looked through books with Kyle,I and Galina. Finally someone came back with the picture and page with Kolya on it. We were very thankful. Spent rest of the day shopping and touring Kiev. Tomorrow Galina will go back to NAC to get documents and then we will ride train to Odessa. Will be at Lela's friday morning.

Love to all. Girls, e-mail us at Galina's tonite and tomorrow.

Almost Ready

We have been busy packing and repacking all the things we need and want to take with us to Ukraine. We have gotten many letters from penpals that we are happy to deliver. We are packed so full we have been getting on and off the scale with our luggage all morning. I pray it will all be within the weight limits. We have our extra hot cayenne capsules and our honey(oops, maple syrup). We are so organized we had time to watch a movie with the girls this morning and take a walk. Tomorrow morning when we are trying to get to church we will probably be wondering why we were spending time doing that.
We have been waiting so long it's hard to believe we are finally going. Ariel said this morning that we were leaving too quick, she thinks the time has gone fast since we got our invitation.
As we write this we still contemplate who we will take from Internot#4. We had a family meeting this morning after the girls got their Easter baskets and talked some more about the choices. Pray that God will lead us to the right boy.
We have not missed the importance of the fact that we are leaving on Easter Sunday, a day that signifies new life. We are excited that we will be embarking on a journey that will bring a new life for our family.

Happy Easter to all!