The rest of the 3 weeks

We were able to visit with family and even had the priviledge once again to host on New Years Day the director of our older children from Ukraine's orphanage. She also brought along an assistant and it was so good to share once again with them our family. We hope and pray that much goodwill was shared and because of our visits more children can be adopted. God has blessed us with this opportunity and we feel very gracious.

We have also had lots of illness... Ava was sick with croup and a bad cold and she shared with many of us .... then MK and her visited Jenn in NC and Ava threw up and had diarhea... again she shared.... only this time it was most of us that caught it.... It was not a fun time here this past Sat. thru Tuesday. Everyone of us was throwing up... We had kids all over the floors in makeshift beds with buckets. We did laundry all nite long... partly because we were up and partly because we needed too. I really never want to repeat that again. The good news is we are all better.... I lost count how many times I threw up and even Paul was ill. So who was taking care of things... Cate, and Joseph. They were the only 2 who did not get sick.... yet. Praise God we are all feeling better. I guess after that experience we gained a new appreciation for health.