Feb. 16

HI! We finally found an internet club. Sorry it took so long to post.
We are in a town called Whitechurch in the Kiev Region. It's about an hour south of Kiev. We had a very good appointment, the meeting went well, and we decided to visit a boy named Andre.
He is 4 and is very healthy physically and mentally. We have visited 3 times already and he is warming up to us a little more each time. We are staying with a very nice couple, Natalie and Yuri. Natalie is the music teacher at the orphanage. It's directly behind the orphanage, so we don't have far to go.
The first few days we spent in Kiev were fun. We walked around a lot. We found the underground mall, and the McDonalds. Our apartment was right down the street from Independence Square.
It's a nice city, and I look forward to visiting it again when before we leave.

Our flights were pretty bad, we didn't get into Kiev until 10pm tuesday night. Our luggage was lost and we didn't get it back until Thursday night. I had to comb my hair with a fork :( not funny.

Ostap, our facilitator is doing very fast work. He has managed to convince people to get their end of the paperwork done quickly. We were able to visit Andre on Friday instead of waiting until Monday. I hope all the paperwork goes that quickly.

Now that we found an internet club we will be posting more often, so check back!

Shannon and Scott