Our trip so far...

Has been interesting. The domestic flights went fine, although the fact we had to go through security again at the Miami airport wasn't cool. If you are going to your connecting flight, you shouldn't have to do that. Our plane from Miami to Frankfurt was really cool and huge. It is apparently the largest passenger plane in the world, the Airbus A380-800. The dude sitting next to us was from Istanbul. He spoke some English, and I asked him if he liked basketball. He said "Hedo Turkoglu - Orlando Magic? Mehmet Okur?" I asked him about Enes Kanter but he didn't seem to know who he was.

Anyway, we had to go through security again in Germany. We ended up roaming all over the Frankfurt airport because they kept changing our departing gate number. Luckily, every German we have encountered speaks perfect English. Many of them speak a bizarre mixture or English and German to each other. When it was time to depart for our flight we had to board a bus and drive for several minutes down runways and stuff until we got to our aircraft. It was weird. Then, right as our two and a half hour flight was touching down in Kiev - literally 15 feet from the snowy runway - the pilot gunned the engines and ascended back into the sky. He said it was too dangerous and flew us all the way back to Frankfurt. We are currently there now, in a hotel room the airline paid for, waiting for our flight in the morning. At least we get to sleep. We are both exhausted from traveling for over 30 hours straight. As another interesting side point, the man sitting next to us on the flight from Frankfurt to Kiev (and subsequently back to Frankfurt), told us he judged cat shows for a living. He travels literally all around the world, goes to annual meetings, and judges cat shows. He also had a penchant for the "s" word. Needless to say, it was entertaining. He also confirmed what we have read about, talked about and suspected, that orphans don't get much of a fair shake after they "graduate". He talked about how there was no one for them, but also seemed a little curious as to why we would want to adopt from Ukraine. In any case, I hope we get to Kiev tomorrow!

I was a little disappointed in Big Blue Nation. I wore a UK shirt because I almost always run into a least one fellow fan in airports. We went through Birmingham, Houston, Miami, and now Frankfurt without seeing one other UK fan. What's up with that?

Prayer requests now:
1) That we and all our luggage would make it to Kiev tomorrow, and there would be no delays or setbacks. Our appointment is Tuesday.

2) That our appointment would go well and we can obtain the referral.

3) That we can navigate smoothly through this system.

4) That the Lord would continue to prepare our hearts and Asher's heart for us.

5) For the separation from our kids. This is very difficult for Rachel and Addie especially.

Thanks for your continued support.