A little more...

Well, Mark's post was short and sweet and said what you needed to know - lol! I'll share a little more about our trip so far in case anyone is interested.

We left MSP on Sunday evening. Thanks to my mom for driving us to the airport. First flight left on time. Maia did really quite well. It was an 8 hour flight and I think she had two really cranky episodes. The flight was overbooked so there was no extra room for moving around, but she managed to sleep about three hours. I got about 2 hours total in short bursts. Mark got maybe 15 minutes. Easily found our connecting flight in Amsterdam. While we were waiting in line to go through the security check point, we visited with a father/daughter from California who were traveling for a visit with the wife's parents who live in Ukraine. We also met Teresa who is director of His Kids Too a Chistian non-profit organization serving orphans, street children, poor and disabled in Ukraine. It was interesting to visit with her a little bit and hear about her ministry. She is filled with passion for those she is called to serve!

Our flight from Amsterdam to Kiev was also full. Left a few minutes late, but arrived right on time. Easily made it through customs, our luggage all made it (YAY), and Igor was waiting as soon as we walked exited the baggage area. He brought us to our apartment which is just about a block from where we stayed when we arrived in Kiev last November. It was getting late so Mark went out and exchanged some money, picked up McDonald's so we didnt' have to hassle with a trip to the market. Got Maia settled, took her a while to fall asleep and Mark and I headed for bed. We were probably asleep within a few minutes. The time change is proving a little difficult for Maia, she was awake at about 3AM and would NOT go back to sleep. I was up with her for almost three hours. She finally fell back asleep around 6AM. We had to wake her up at about 9 just so we can try to get her adjusted to local time.

Breakfast at McDonalds... well actually, it was lunch because they stop serving breakfast at 10AM. We took a walk, added some time to our cell phone, and went to the basement market that is pretty close to our apartment. Only picked up a few things since we plan to leave for our region on Thursday afternoon.

So... prayer requests -
- Maia, that she will just feel secure and safe, that her sleep schedule will adapt, and also for her physical health. She's doing fine, but we don't have a potty chair for her (will get one in region) and so her toileting issues are a little bit of a challenge right now.
- Mark, he's not feeling great today ('nuff said).
- SDA appt tomorrow, that there will be no surprises when we get our referral and that perhaps we will be able pick up our referral tomorrow afternoon to leave earlier for our region.

Another family adopted from the same orphanage will be arrving this afternoon so we may meet up with them later.

I'll blog more about my thoughts as we arrived later. But for now, better pay attention to that sweet girl of mine!