Travel Prayer Requests

Hi everyone,

We have had a number of people want to know some specific things that they can be praying for, so we have composed a list. Thank you so much for your concern, prayers and support of us in this adoption.

Oct. 22nd - A good day for Kelly (it is her Birthday). A safe flight for us. We fly at 8:30pm.

        23rd - We have a layover in Budapest.

24th - Fly into Odessa. Pray we can find the train station, get our phones up and running as a 'local' phone, and catch a night train up to Kiev. We won't be answering our phones while over there, but we will check our email.

25th - Some friends put us in contact with some Ukrainian believers where we will spend a couple of nights. Pray we can find our way easily. Also that we can meet up with our facilitators.

26th - Hopefully attend a church and familiarize ourselves with the city of Kiev.

Pray for our kids here as they stay with the Calvis and some close friends the Weavers. (Pray for areas like school, healthiness, emotions, drawing close to God for their strength).

27th-  Our meeting with the State Department of Adoption (SDA). Pray this meeting will go well, that they will be favorable to us and  that we can quickly get our Letter of Referral so we can go to Odessa region where the kids are. This letter gives us permission to visit the orphanage with the intent of adopting the children.

We will then go to Odessa, visit the children and wait for the 'OK'. We then must meet with a local judge who has the final word. We have been told that the judges in the region are hardened and can be difficult. Please pray that the process will go smoothly and quickly. 

Pray for the heart of the judge to be kind and favorable to our case. 

Once the judges says 'OK' (Lord willing) then there is a 10-day wait period where the children must remain in the orphanage. We will quickly go back to Kiev, sign some papers at the embassy, go back to Odessa and fly home (depending on the timing of it all).

Pray for opportunities to speak the gospel to people on trains, at the orphanage, with the facilitators, with government officials, in hotels, etc. We want to remember that although we are going for the adoption, God is working in many people's lives, so we want to be available to Him. We don't want to miss an opportunity to be a witness for Him.

Pray we can make our flights or if necessary re-schedule them. The holidays are a factor in finding available flights at this time of the year.

Currently, we both fly back on Nov.15 arriving in LA on the 17th. Kim will then fly back to Odessa on Nov. 25th to finalize things. She has a final return flight for Dec. 23rd arriving in LA on Dec.24th. We are unable to get flights for the children until we have the judge's approval for the adoption. 

 Keep checking here as we will give better prayer requests as it all unfolds. 

Thanks again for all your prayers and support!