Good morning everyone! Wow! We are amazed at the number of people following our adoption journey! We are so glad to hear from you all! We wish we had time to respond to everyone, but our time at the computer is very short. If you are reading this before church this morning, please tell everyone how thankful we are for their prayers! God has blessed us even more than we ever imagined. I know many people are praying for us. We would not have had the courage to do this without our God and without our family, church family, and friends for support and prayers. This has been the hardest thing we've ever done... completing the paper chase, traveling so far away, putting our hands in another country's legal system, hoping and praying for a healthy child, and leaving Jordan and Chase for so long. There were so many unknowns when we left 15 days ago. We really had no idea how this would turn out. We really feel we have been blessed with a little 2 1/2 year old miracle!

Today we went back to the orphanage. Little Sophie came running again when she saw us. I think she knows that we belong to her, but I'm not sure she knows what that means. She is very glad to see us when we arrive, but she's ok with us leaving too. She is definitely a Daddy's girl! She loves to be tickled. She doesn't really talk much at all, even in Ukrainian. So Jordan, Chase (and Summer) will have a big job teaching her English.

She calls dolls "La La". At first she just threw down the doll that I brought, but now she plays with it. She got mad because the doll bottle didn't have real milk in it. She still hasn't figured that out.

I think she is a favorite of the caretakers. They all love on her whenever she goes to them. She really knows how to flash a smile at them!

There are sooo many sweet children there. There is one little girl about 4 years old who is like a little mother to all of the others. She is beautiful with blond hair and big blue eyes. All of the children come up just for a hug. It breaks my heart. They all smile and giggle at us, just begging for attention. It is really hard to walk away from them to just play with Sophie, but I think that is what the caretakers want us to do. It is very sad. If anyone wants to adopt, there are beautiful children here!

Hopefully, we will hear tomorrow evening if we can get a court date. Please pray for this to happen in the next couple of days. We must finish up here by Wednesday in order to get back home this weekend. We have to get the the American Embassy by Thursday morning, then get flight arrangements. There is so much to do this week! We may not have time to post, but I will get Jayna to post from home with any new information.

Again, thanks for sending us messages. You don't know how much that means to us. We hope to see you soon!

Love you all,

Lee and Shannan