Now that the adoption has happened, the waiting has begun. Today we, along with the Hartsocks, hired a van for an excursion to Dnipro…, a city about 45 miles to the north of Zap where Denis lives. Even though it rained all day we had a great time. On the way we stopped to see the Hydro-Electrical dam just outside of Zap. It is a large dam that generates a lot of the electricity for this region and was a major part of the Soviet Union. The road to Dnipro… was lined on both sides with agriculture fields. It is the exact picture of any Interstate in the Mid-West. When we got to Dnipro we were surprised to find a beautiful city full of history and a population of about 2 million people. We walked around in the rain for awhile so Denis could give us a little tour, and he is an excellent tour guide. We also witnessed a wedding being held next to the river (that poor bride in her white dress on such a cold, rainy day). We ended up in a large mall in the middle of town. When Kim and I walked in we look at each other and for a split second thought we were back home, the sights and smells were so familiar!!! It was a very modern mall that could be anywhere in America. We walked around for a while and ended up at the arcade. We bought the kids a card that had credits which allowed them to play games. Kevin went straight to the bumper cars and used all his credit in about 10 minutes. Katie took a lot longer deciding how to use her credits. Each game was considered carefully as not to make the wrong decision. Of course Kevin got a little mad because it took Katie longer to use her credits and he thought she had more than him. Kids are the same all over the world!!! The day ended with about an hours ride back to Zap where the kids slept and I thought about how wonderfully my life has changed over the last few weeks. God has already blessed me more than I could ever ask for and we still have a lifetime to go.
We hope to see you all soon.
Kim and Bobby
4 comments:
Hi Mom and Dad!
The arcade looked exciting. I'm glad to hear that you might be able to return in the middle of December as opposed to later in the month. It will be joyful to celebrate Christmas here with your beautiful Christmas tree! I miss you and love you!
Shelley and Chris
Congratulations on the adoptions. Glad things are moving along. May be you can be home for Christmas. We talk about you every day and in our prayers too. Bobby have you started to tell Kevin about football yet?
Stan, Sheila & Mark
Your family looks beautiful!! We are so happy for all of you. We can't wait to welcome you home. I have this saying on my mantle.."These are the children God has given me - God has been good to me" I'm sure you would agree God has been good to Bobby, Kim, Kevin and Katie!!
Lots of love from the Brocks!!
Get ready for football...Go Tigers and I mean the Clemson Tigers...Ha ha..We are playing Auburn in Chickfila in Atlanta. Dec 31st. of course Carson will were Auburn instead of puling for his moms team! Ya'll look very happy..Congratulations..everythign else will go smoothly..looking forward to your return ..It has gotten pretty cold here this week..Katie and Michael
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