Officially Waiting

Hi~ We have had a very snowy day here today! We walked about a mile in the snow to go get dinner. At times the snow and the wind was so hard that it was blowing horizontally straight in our faces and Jason would jump in front of me and Grant and tell us to look down and follow his shoes to walk. We had so much snow on us when we got there that we looked a little like snowmen, hehe! We found a taxi to take us back home after we ate. It is still snowing now! Today, we also found a mini-supermarket at the end of our street, which is great!!
We have finished our paperwork and it has been turned in, so although we have been waiting for our 2nd appointment, now we are officially waiting! We are not sure how long this will take, but we believe our facilitators are really trying to help us get one as quick as possible. While we have been back in Kiev, we have had the opportunity to spend time with the family that I told you about from Birmingham, AL that are also waiting on a 2nd appointment, Jerry and Amanda Hood. We have been meeting up with them a lot since we have been back in Kiev and have really enjoyed their company. It is kind of strange that we had to go all the way to Ukraine to meet when back home we only live about an hour away from each other. Jerry is a high school football coach at one school in B-ham and Amanda is an Assistant Principal at another high school in B-ham. Jason was familiar with both schools and teams, so it has been fun hearing about this, but mostly it is a blessing to have another family to share the ups and downs with. If you will, please add them to your prayers as they wait for their 2nd appointment also.

Also, Just for fun, I added a Photo Guestbook at the bottom of the page. We would love to see photos while we are here of friends and family and also put faces with those we may have not met in person, but that are following our journey.

Comments:
Phil Sisk~ We were so excited to see your comment! We think and pray for you often!

Julie~ so good to hear from you! Please send pics of the boys soon!

Dad~ Thanks for your sweet email! It really meant a lot! Also, our friends here told me that they got a kick out of seeing "Yo Daddy" :)

Christy G.~ HaHa...cartwheel at Biscuits game!

Jacob & Caleb~ We have laughed out loud over your comments.. Jacob...mmmm hellurh! C- BOI, hope things are going ok...let us know when you get a chance... IGHT DEN!

Paige~ Love CJ's new egg hunting technique...I can just see it now!!! Give him a BIG kiss from us!!!

Bruce & Jamie~ Did want you to know that I got your email! Thanks for all the info! I have a question for ya, so will be emailing you first chance I get.

Mom~ Luv U~ the email pics that you sent would not pull up...not sure what they were. Also, if you get a chance to take a pic of Max and put it on the Guestbook for Grant, I know that he would LOVE it!!! Don't go to any trouble, but if it is easy, that would be great!!! He has been talking about Max a lot today.

Susan~ Thanks again for your prayer last Wed night! I sure did miss my Friday "homegirls" this past week. Glad things are going good there!

Michelle F.~ Your comments all along have been so encouraging and thank you for all your prayers. We miss you guys! Tell MG and P that Grant said, Hello!

Enjoying reading the comments of each and everyone of you! It makes the wait so much more tolerable! Luv~ Jason & Mel


Some more Pics:
1. Dr. Jim & Marianna Peipon
2. Marianna, Jeanne(this was Grant's nanny while we were at the SDA~ she is also Dr. Jim and Marianna's daughter), and Jeanne's husband, Kolya
3. Jerry & Amanda
4. Grant looking out the window watching to see if daddy will be able to find us a taxi
5. Snowing as we walk to get dinner