Asya left today for six weeks in the USA. This will be her first time there without the rest of us, and it's been half her lifetime since the last time she went at all. She was 9 the last time we went. Now she's 18.
Today she has an all-day bus into Poland. Tomorrow she flies to North Carolina. (Also her first time flying alone.) Her grandparents there have three full weeks of travel and visiting planned for her. Then she'll have three weeks in Florida with my parents.
We've also been working toward her moving to Kherson after she gets back from these travels. I wrote a little bit about that in this prayer letter of ours. In some ways plans are coming together well, and in other ways we acknowledge that we have to hold them with very open hands. Just in the past week Kherson government has been telling people to evacuate. Not everyone will leave, and there will still be needs that Asya can help with, no matter what, but we have seen things changing. It was obvious while we were there this summer, and the situation continues to develop. (Asya would have heat in our house, but we need to work on electricity options.) Anyway, we need lots of prayer in general, Asya needs prayer and to build a team of supporters, and Kherson needs prayer.
Also, I saw a post (below or here) a while ago as I was thinking about this visit for Asya. Some of you reading this will probably see her soon, and I would love to have you ask her about her upcoming plans, how you can get involved, and also maybe use some of the questions in this post. She might seem shy, but you don't have to be. Ask away!
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