Round 2

Good day today. After a long train ride (better than the first, not as good as the second), we hit the ground running with Tonya. We went and got  Stas's original birth certificate, then to another office to have it changed, then to another office to get something else done to it... finally at the end of the day, made it to the passport office where they said we will be issued the "old" style passport and we can pick it up tomorrow!!! We then went to the train station to buy our tickets to get back to Kiev for tomorrow night.

Stas was very excited to see us again and happy to be running around with us getting all the paperwork filled out. We then took him to the grocery store and stocked up on candy, chips and coke so he could have a little celebration with his care group tonight as tonight will be his last night in the orphanage. 

Stas in his school uniform sporting a new hair cut and nice pair of italian shoes - looking good boy!

Tomorrow, after we pick up the passport, we are scheduled to have an early dinner with the grandparents. That will most likely be another sad day but hopefully, grandparents will be happy for Stas and his new life. We also will try to make sure we get the communication lined up with Skype so they understand how that works. We didn't spend anytime at the orphanage today so we didn't get to see our other favorites. Hopefully tomorrow we'll spend at least an hour or two so we can say our goodbyes...

On our way to dinner now with a couple from Atlanta and another one from California both with New Horizons adopting out of our orphanage...It has been great fun getting to have dinner with other couples (English!!) and hearing their stories. Please pray all goes as we expect and hope tomorrow.
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