Well, we are on the road again. The surprise of the trip was that at the last minute, we got a call from our guide saying both parents would be required to travel instead of just one as is the usual process. Rosie had a frustrated moment over not being able to prepare as well as she had envisioned for the homecoming, but after that just started packing! Praise God!

We are also thanking God for giving us a great flight to London in which we actually got about 5 hours of sleep! That left us with the energy and desire to do some sight seeing that we were not up to the last trip. Here is Big Ben, which is actually part of the large, beautiful Houses of Parliament (who knew?)






This is one of the views from Trafalgar Square. When Mike saw the first of many statues like this one he said, "Hey there's Paul Revere!" Thankfully England is a free country, so no one took offense to his mistaking an English nobleman for a colonial rebel!














Another view from Trafalgar Square is of Whitehall Street. We read on the back of a restaurant menu (our sophiscated source) that this street dates back to Medieval times. The architecture is so impressive everywhere you look!








Here is Mike with his buddy, Paul Revere, again.

















Here we are in front of Westminster Abbey. Apparently we just missed the Queen!

Our mission for this trip is clear: bringing home Anastasia and Jonathan!!! Our prayer is for swift completion of paperwork as well as insight into our new children as they adjust to us being their parents full time. We are trusting that God will give us what we need. We know He will.

Our gameplan: We arrive in Kiev Tuesday and fly directly to the region. We should get custody of Anastasia and Jonathan immediately! The remainder of Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday we will be filing all the required documents: passport and visa applications for the children, US Embassy docs, physicals for the children and birth certificate finalization. Our plan is to leave Saturday and arrive in LA Sunday. Our airline tickets are booked. We pray things will go this swiftly because there are two girls at home who are anxiously awaiting the four of us and we can't wait to get to them and have our family all together! As the Lord wills.