Moving Right Along

Today we went to the hospital that does medical exams for immigrants. Oleg had to have a short medical exam and a TB test. We got there at 9 am and found out we needed passport pictures and that the TB test would be done around noon. We had three hours and it took a lot of that time to take a bus and get the pictures done. When we got back to the hospital we waited in line to go into three different offices. We were done by 3 pm and have to go back on Wednesday to have the TB test read.

While we were waiting we met a woman who is in the process of adopting four children, two sets of siblings. She has had nothing but problems the whole time. She was working with an agency and a facilitator but they were not being very helpful. It made me so thankful for the facilitator that the Lord provided for us. She really knows what she is doing and she has helped us the whole way through. We have become good friends.

Oleg was patient for the most part as we were waiting at the hospital. It was very hard for him to get up early to be to the hospital by 9 am. After lunch at a Ukrainian cafeteria we went shopping for a few things for Oleg and then went to a park so he could jump on a trampoline. He needed to burn some energy!

We got news that Oleg's Ukrainian passport should be in the hands of the facilitator in Simferopol tomorrow. She will send it to us in Kiev by train, arriving on Wednesday. Hopefully we can get what we need done at the American Embassy on Thursday and Friday. We could fly home on Saturday or Sunday! We are excited about bringing Oleg home. Please pray that it all fits together.