It is official!
We are coming home to Canada!
After a few errands today, we have the passport and visa in our hands. This means only 1 more sleep here, 1 more bath here, 1 more supper here, and the list goes on.
We find it difficult to use words that would accurately express how excited we are to be coming home. We left home 59 days ago with the anticipation of adopting a second child. Yes, we've had some trying times, but the addition to our family makes it all worth while.
We have met 3 couples here that are from Canada who are adopting children. The one couple from P.E.I became our friends, and we still have contact with them. Another couple we met at the SDA and have e-mailed a few times and followed each other's blogs. The last couple we met at the SDA as well, and they are flying back to Canada with us tomorrow. Interesting how life works, eh?
As most of you already know, once we arrive home Kallie needs some time to get adjusted before we are bombarded with visitors. As much as Darryl, Kaiden, and I want to get caught up with everyone, Kallie needs some adjustment time. We believe that she will do quite well, and that we will be able to have a few visitors our first week home. Please don't be offended we miss all of you, but Kallie needs some time. Of course the airport is a different story.
Here is how the next day and a half looks for us. We have changed everything to Saskatoon time. At 3:00 a.m. on Friday the driver will pick us up to go to the airport. Then at 6:00 a.m. we leave Kiev and head to Frankfurt, Germany. We have 70 minutes from the time one plane lands and the next one takes off . At 10:00 a.m. we leave Frankfurt for Toronto! We land on Canadian soil in Toronto at 7:00 p.m. Friday evening. We then will go through Immigration and Customs since we have a 12 hour lay over and are heading to the Airport Hotel. Finally at 7:10 a.m. on Saturday we leave Toronto and head to Saskatoon. We will be arriving home shortly before 11:00 a.m. (That's ONLY 50 hours away!!!!!)
We want to THANK YOU ALL for praying with us through this journey. We believe God's hand took us through everyday, and we pray God's blessing on all of you.
We will post again once we are home and awake.
Enjoy some pics of our last days!
LOVE,
Kaiden, Kallie, Darryl, & Jeremy
Kallie after her bath.
Kallie dancing on the table.
Kids are in the famous hiding spot.
Kaiden pushing the stroller on the way to the grocery store (this is at 10 a.m.)
7 comments:
YAY! Praise God. You will be home very soon. It's just so good. We hope your travels go extremely well. Enjoy getting used to your new normal at home.
Looking forward to all of you coming home!! Hope you have a safe and uneventful trip. Kyle, Mel,Jaidan,Jordyn
We are so excited for yous and of course your families,to finally have you coming home.I want to thankyou's very much for letting us be a part of your amazing journey with such a great ending.We are blessed to have two great people in our family to do a amazing thing to go to ukraine to get not one beautiful child but two.It takes special people to do something like this and you two are very special and your children are totally a big part of our family.Well have a safe trip home and we are dying to see all of you..LOTS OF LOVE..
Yeahhhhhh!!!! You are on your way!!!! We're so excited to see you!! We hope you have a safe and uneventful trip home. Thank you so much for posting your whole way through. It was much easier to stay "in the know" through your blogging. Looking forward to seeing you all very soon,
Jen & Mike
Hi
Soon you will be HOME!! Have a safe trip. Take Care. God Bless, looking forward to when you bring Kallie to school, (remember I am not there on Wednesday....)
Safe travels.
Joan
I nearly jumped onto the counter when I read your blog today. I believe that you are likely in an airport right now, which means you are on your way home. It feels good!!! We hope you have safe travels, and when you are home, rested and ready, send us a skype!!!
Shawn, Megan, Madeleine, Lila and Audrey
Welcome Home! And Happy Valentine's Day! We are so thrilled that you are back. It's the best feeling to be home and to settle into a routine with your daughter.
Take care,
Donna Murray Evan and Valya
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