Riding in a taxi in Kiev is like riding a roller coaster. Quick starts, hard stops, and you never know which way you are going to turn. It’s like extreme LA driving. Noah pointed out that there are no pick-up trucks. Oh, there are trucks, but not pick-ups. We went to the SDA office, which is near the St. Andrews church and along with Yulia, we met with the official there. They showed us several bios and pictures of some beautiful girls – two of which were sisters – but unfortunately they have too many medical issues for us to handle. We left the building feeling discouraged and learned that we cannot adopt two girls that are unrelated. So, we are resolved to hold on to God’s promises: that he has two girls (and sisters) for us; that he has called us to adopt; that he asked us to step out in faith and paint the girls room pink; has given the names to give them; has given us visions and dreams of them; and has even given us the ages.
Next Tuesday (Monday being a holiday and there are no meetings on Friday) we will review more bios and pictures. Yulia suggested this as more girls will become available. Apparently, our request is a bit unusual. I guess most folks adopt 1 child at a time. To adopt two unrelated girls would require another application being submitted to the SDA - we can't afford that and the time it would take. So, in short, we are completely out of our means of doing anything ourselves and are completely in God's hands. Since we are having to wait until Tuesday for the next referral, this puts us back a week. But I'm resolved to believe that this is God's timing and he is orchestrating all this for what his promises hold.
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