We are rejoicing tonite

We were able to get all the paperwork done and have tickets for Monday to fly home... yippie. Actually it has been an amazing journey as well as difficult. We were scrutinized all along the way as to why we want to adopt more and special needs ? It is so hard for others to understand but we know the love of the Lord and His desire for these orphans to be loved and to know and come to understanding of His salvation for them. We are compeled as I have shared and it is so rewarding to watch and see them change. However to be honest tonite we are wiped out.... It has been a long week of rush and wait. We had court as I shared and all day Tuesday we drove for 15 hours from 4 in the am to 10 pm at nite for Jonas's birth certificate in Zaporzhie and Berdyansk. After we had gone 12 hours and were getting it legalized they found that a letter was missing on my name--- which meant it was no good :( The lady there who made the mistake though redid it and drove all the way to Donetsk by Wed. 12... so we could get the kids passports... thank God we did fast- It took us 4 plus hours to get the kids money out of the bank to give to the orphanage... ( we could have bought 4 houses with all the papers we signed for their money)... then we had to get Olivia's police clearance ( needed for a 16 yr old) and then we just made it on the overnite train with the kids.... all nite again not much sleep and today at medicals and the embassy but PTL they were able to issue the kids visas in one day... and we are going home. More later on the details of our adoption and hopefully I can get a pic to post.... I am just too tired to write anymore....We are all clean, full bellied and relaxing in our apt. in Kiev... starting to feel normal :)