We made it back to Kiev and went directly on to Donets'k region. This is an old photo, though, because we had no time for photos today. When we landed in Donets'k we hit the ground running and did half a day's paperwork in the last couple hours of the business day. Also, our guide met us at the airport and dropped a bomb on us: Anastasia and Jonathan's aunt has been trying to "destroy the adoption process." Why she decided to do something now, we do not know. Mike thinks she just wants to be paid off. Because of this, we have been told that our paperwork has to be "perfect." The inspector we heard about is not just a general visit, but specifically because of this situation with the aunt. This is the real reason Rosie had to come back for this part of the process. Even though this seems like very bad news, and can in fact cause problems, we have been told that the process is far enough along that it would be next to impossible for her to derail the adoption. But please be in prayer, as we don't take anything for granted. The next couple of days are going to be huge, and our goal is to get the kids out of the country as soon as possible. We will not even be seeing the children until it is time to leave the country so we can keep a very low profile and out of sight.

We have a lot to be thankful for as our travelling could not have been better. We actually slept on our flight to London AND we slept through the night (5 hours!) in our hotel. We are not nearly as culture shocked or jetlagged as we were last time, thank you, LORD! Because of the aunt situation, our guide is determined to get us all out of this country as quickly as possible-even more than before. We have been praying for swift process...this isn't exactly what we had in mind, but whatever works!

We do know that everything God has done and is going to do as He crafts the six of us into a family, is all a testimony to His greatness. To Him be glory forever!