We are in Ukraine safe and sound. Igor was waiting for us at the airport with two buses; one for us and one for our luggage. Well.....the luggage that made it. That's right...not all the luggage fit on our plane. Our plane was very comfortable and roomy but it was not big enough for all of our suitcases. Please pray that we will have all of our things by the time we leave for the village on Sunday. Most of the missing suitcases have our supplies for crafts and clothes for the orphans but some are also personal suitcases with our own clothes and medicines that are needed daily.
I had an awesome surprise at the airport. My sweet friend, who I met at the orphanage on my first trip, was the airport to meet us. Vova was there to greet us all with his smiling face. He helped us carry our things and helped load everything on the bus. Mike (who isn't going to be here until next week) met Vova on SACS very first trip to Ukraine 6 years ago. I think Vova was about 12 or 13 then. He is now 20 or 21 and works on a ship. We keep in touch on Facebook through out the year and we get to see each other every summer when we come back.
The rest of our evening will be spent back at the place we are staying. We will leave here in a few minutes (by here I mean McDonalds) and walk back to the "Kindergarden". We will eat dinner and then meet with the translators. It will be a wonderful reunion as always for those who have been before and we will also meet new members of the team (both American and Ukrainian). Oh, and how could I forget...Tolik also met us at the airport. He kept us very entertained while we waited for all the paperwork to be done for the delayed luggage.
We will keep you updated as often as we can. Thank you for your prayers.
OH...also forgot... We had to pay for 5 of the extra pieces of luggage in Chicago. They were none too happy about our extra luggage let me tell you. But, with Carol's sad eyes, explaining all about the orphans, and after they talked for over an HOUR about what to do about the extra luggage, they decided to charge us for 5 out of the 11. OK...we can handle that.
Thanks again for your prayers!!!
LOVE YOU ALL!!!!
1 comment:
Great to hear that everyone made it ok and safe.
You are in our prayers including the luggage to arrive at the right place and right time.
May God bless you and bless all the kids at the orphenage always.
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