Friday, November 04, 2011

Great excitement

Everyone is very excited. We're leaving this evening for a week or so in Kiev. Bogdan and Raia need passports (and citizenship for Bogdan), and since the documents should be ready in about a week, we're going to stay the whole time. Jaan, Raia and Asya are planning to "see Ilya Murometz" at Pecherskaya Lavra and looking forward to eating at Puzata Hata.

Please pray for an easy trip, quick document processing, and a restful time away from all of us. Oh, especially pray for us tonight on the train. We ended up with tickets for the one train that leaves later. The older children will be happy to stay up, but Bogdan really likes his 8:00 bedtime, and he is probably not going to be glad to wait longer than that to settle down for the night.

I don't know exactly when we'll be back. Passport processing takes 5-7 business days. We'll apply on Monday, and then get return tickets when we have the passports.

7 comments:

Mom said...

Thinking of you, praying, hoping for a happy and memorable trip. Much love....

Chris and Carole said...

Phyllis, we just did this except in different countries. :-) I'm so glad we stayed the extra time, etc... It was a much needed time away for our family and we came home refreshed!

Enjoy your time! Praying the Lord will work everything out for you all!

Kathy said...

Praying for a smooth, safe trip. Hope it refreshes you!

Rebecca said...

Have fun!!

Baba Julie said...

Praying for you all to have a wonderful time and to get the documents w/ no problems! Love you all!

Mrs said...

Praying for all of you! I know God will use this! I think it's great that Jaan is older now and will get so much out of a trip like this. Raia too!

Misty said...

I'm a day late, but I'm praying for you all this week.