Back in Kiev

After a 17 hour train ride we are back in Kiev. We boarded the train at 8 pm yesterday and discovered that there was no AC. It has been hot here. We did have a window in our compartment that should have been able go down. This was an old Soviet era train car. Darwin was able to get the window down a couple inches. The bathroom on this car was very interesting. There was an old metal toilet with a lever at the bottom for flushing, using your foot. The interesting part for me was the hole in the floor of the bathroom. You could see the ground whoshing by. Really, the trip wasn't too bad. With the window open a little we even got a little cool. We were able to sleep off and on.

When we got to Kiev we got to a taxi as soon as we could so we could go to the adoption center. Our facilitator had to submit our petition to visit Oleg in Kerch. The office would be closing at 1pm for lunch and we had 30 minutes to get there. Our taxi driver wove his way through the traffic in Kiev. I told him I needed him to give me driving lessons! We made it with a couple minutes to spare!

Our hope is that we can have the appointment at the adoption center next Tuesday and go to Kerch, by train again, Wednesday night. For now we are in Kiev and are looking forward to a couple days rest.

We had a great day sightseeing the day before we left Simferopol. Darwin will post pictures. It was very interesting and beautiful.

We appreciate each of you that are following our adventures. Please keep praying, especially for the time when we meet with Oleg. Thanks!