I am at the train station waiting with our luggage for our train at 5 pm. Tyler and the boys went to McDonalds. The couple at my right have an open beer bottle in their bag that they keep taking a sip of. It stinks in here but we are almost ready to say POCAW to all of the Dnepros and be in Kiev at 11:00 tonight.
We are hopefully going to do the medical visit and embassy tomorrow and then have a day to get even more anxious to get home and just in case something is wrong with something. I have faith and hope and I am praying for charity.
Dave got us tickets for Saturday that get us into the SLC airport at 11:30 pm. That is really late and I don't expect anyone to come to see the newest American imports but if you want to take a nap and stay up late we would LOVE to see you. I will pack the borrowed curling iron, hair dryer, phone and the phone we bought in the top of our luggage and so if someone is there from SLC, I can pass those along before I head to girl's camp. Did I mention how excited we are to see light at the end of the tunnel.
This morning we said goodbye to the landlords (who were sweet but didn't tell us about the shower that sprays out the side and so it is really hard to have any kind of a normal shower.) They gave us a list of things that Sonya broke (which she didn't) and we are sure that we will probably get blamed for things that we did to their house but we were really careful and everything was in good shape when we left.
Our driver, Genna, was very sweet. He was the one driver that we didn't feel was ripping us off. We would usually give him a little extra because he charged sometimes so much less than the other drivers. Today I gave him 200 extra Grevnia which is about $25 and told him thanks for all his help to us and he said this little speech in English to me: "Thank you Christy. I wish you the best in all your Journey. I wish you good expenses and good luck and good health to all of you." I don't know how long he practiced that but he had tears in his eyes when he hugged us all goodbye and I feel that he is a very good person.
There are good things to miss in the dnepros. We will miss Alina and we hope that it is not too painful for her when she is missing out on the life she could have had in a family. We will miss our cute landlords at both houses and the staff at the orphanage. We will miss George's family and all the kids at the orphanage. I am not quite ready to miss that aunt/sister/cousin, Marina. Like I said. I am praying for charity and will need a little extra help to start missing her. I am sure that my heart will start to soften after I have a decent shower in clean water at home and I think that over time when she sees how happy Oleg is that she will maybe even be happy that he is in the US.... someday.
So exciting to finally have your flight back! What a journey. I have really looked forward to your regular posts. We have prayed, stressed, celebrated and enjoyed along with you...on a MUCH smaller scale of course. We are so happy for your family. I know the kids miss you much and are so excited for your return and their new brothers!
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