Finding Joshua at the End of Reece's Rainbow: We're here!

We finally made it to Kyiv last night. We spent nearly 30 hours travelling, including a 10 hour layover in Munich. I don't know ANY German, but luckily everyone spoke English!

Our flight arrived at about 10:45pm, then we took a shuttle to the airport. We stood in a line for passport control for a loooong time before the workers even got there. After we were through, we found our driver, Nico. He's a pretty neat guy! He took us to a store that was still open (it was about midnight) so we could change money and get food and water. He actually did some of the shopping for us, grabbing things off of shelves and saying, "You need bread I think. Here is butter!" Lol. We finally got to our apartment around 1 AM and were able to Skype with Brennan (and my parents!) right before his bedtime. He really wasn't sure what to think! He'd been watching a Youtube video (Veggietales!) and suddenly Mama and Daddy were there! He did sign mama/daddy at one point, but mostly he was weirded out.

Today we are relaxing and exploring. Tomorrow morning we have our SDA appointment, and then meet some missionary friends for a late lunch. Thursday afternoon we will pick up our paperwork and take an overnight train to Nikolaiv and meet Charlie!

Here are some specific prayer requests:
- Safe, smooth travelling
- A quick, smooth adoption process - no snags or paperwork issues!
- That we have court on or before Friday, the 25th. This is entirely possible, but not guaranteed. It's really important for the timeline we want - one that will best allow my sister to accompany me back to Ukraine, AND allow me to be with Charlie on his birthday!
- That the 10-day wait will be waived. This is NOT at all likely, and is almost impossible. But, I figured I can always ask God - won't get it if I don't ask. :)