The Process is Underway Again!!

Monday, Oct. 3

David’s Ukraine Update

Last Week:

• David had a good week last week, although he it was a little slow for him with so much time to just wait. .He said he had a chance to have some good times with the Lord and some good bonding time with Vitya.  Vitya’s 15^th birthday is Oct. 10 and he wanted to have a party with his friends, so David had a birthday party at the orphanage on Friday with birthday cake and popcorn.

• Friday was the end of the 10 day waiting period – Hallelujah!!!

This Week:

• Today, the court will issue their official adoption decree, so David and our facilitator start the paperwork process today.  It will be a very busy week for them doing birth certificate, name change, passport, visa, orphanage release, etc.
• This week, David can have Vitya come and live with him.  The day he does this will depend on the hecticness of his schedule.   He doesn’t want Vitya to have to sit around a lot.
• As soon as all of the paperwork is completed in Odessa, David and Vitya will travel to Kiev.

      In Kiev, they will have to do a medical exam for Vitya and meet with the US embassy. This could           take a few days.

After all the paperwork is done, David and Vitya will fly home (hopefully next week)!!!!  YAY!!!

PRAYER NEEDS FOR DAVID AND VITYA:

• The paperwork process to go quickly, particularly the passport.  It could take up to 7 days.
• Favor with the US embassy to approve the medical coverage we have for Vitya’s HIV
• Grace for David during this long paperwork process
• Grace for Vitya as he is leaving his home and friends of 15 years
• David has to change the date on his return flight by Wednesday.  Pray for wisdom for him in choosing the new date so that he won’t have to change it again.

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ADOPTION FINANCIAL UPDATE

The adoption is 2/3 of the way paid for !!  We want to say thank you to all of you who have given so generously to us and the adoption in the last few months.  We have been so blessed by your generosity!!

We praise the Lord that He continues to meet our needs day by day in the most amazing ways!

• We still need $5500 to finish paying our adoption fees to our facilitator in Ukraine.  He has asked for this right away.  Because we have to have it so quickly, we have prayed and we are sensing that we probably need to borrow this money.  We will get an adoption tax incentive back anywhere from 6 months to 2 years after the adoption, so we can commit to pay this money back, but just not right away.  We need wisdom to know who to ask to borrow this money from.

• David and Vitya need about $850 for plane tickets home.

• We still need about $1500 to meet home expenses that have built up with David not working for 6 weeks.

If you wish to make a tax-deductible donation, you can make out a check to Victory Ranch Ministries, and mail it to our home address:  6549 Dorchester St., Columbia, SC  29203.  Please let us know by email, if you are sending a donation.   Thanks!

ON THE HOMEFRONT WITH LL AND THE GIRLS

Last Week

• Most of last week was spent trying to get “back in the groove.”  We had lots of catch up to do with school  and  LL was getting used to the girls’ new schedules and being “taxi mom” again.  We also worked a great deal on organizing our home and getting our yard back in decent condition.

• LL had an enormous amount of administrative details to take care of: paperwork to sort through and organize, phone calls, bills to take care of, and adoption details

• We also focused on having some quality Mom/daughter time as this will be the last time with just us forever.

This Week

We are having our final count down week for getting ready for David and Vitya.  Still so much organizing and preparation to do.

PRAYER ON THE HOMEFRONT

• We really need to have our schedules set and flowing smoothly this week before we throw Vitya into the mix.

• We need to finish getting our home organized and in order before Vitya gets here.

• Parenting the girls: LL needs grace and strength in discipling  the girls right now..  LL is really trying to put into practice “limits with love” and a combination of “grace and truth”.  However, with all that is going on,  the girls are also very emotional right now, so LL needs lots of supernatural grace, love and patience with them.   
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• This is a tough time for the girls because their Dad has been gone for 7 weeks, they are getting a new brother, Mom is back and trying to put things back in order, and plus, they have school, extra curricular activities, work, and normal teenage issues.  Please pray for  God's grace and strength for them as well.

 LL is really feeling overwhelmed and just needs to experience God’s peace in the midst of all that she has to do and be able to release it all to him. Thank You!!

  We give thanks for all of your prayers and support every day!!  

All of us Stouts