New Kids in Town

Yes we are safely here in Keiv, the capital of this country Ukraine. We had a good flight from Tor. Our flying time was appox. 9 hours which was a little less than I first thought but that was long enough for sure. We gained 6 hours from Nova Scotia time which did a number on us so we pretty much forced ourselves to shut it all down. We are feeling pretty much alive now. The one thing that I feel as you take in our surroundings is that you step back in time. Everything you see seems to be in black and white some 25 to 30 years ago. The buildings are very old and there is little evidence of new constuction of any kind going on. The truth is this country will be another generation behind because of their history, only recently coming out of communism. Ofcouse for us the language barrier is our biggist challenge. Debbie keeps a small Russian/English conversion book at hand and it will come in handy. People for the most part are a little reluctant to offer help, once they realize you speak English they kind of back away. We ofcourse have interpretors that will be working with us. They met us at the airport and got us to our apartment, which by the way is not bad at all. Again a very old building but clean and very livable. Our interpretors are very nice, they have made us feel welcome and are very helpful. Their names are Lesya and Irina and work as a team. Ofcourse tomorrow , Wed. is our big day as we have our appointment at the addoption centre. Yes as my cousin Barry has said we are having all the feelings he has discribed. Yes we are anxious and excited to finally go there and make plans to meet our little girl. It seems so strange to be referring to a little girl, I'm sure I'll get used to it. Anyway enough for now, thanks again for all all the comments, keep them coming. A big hello to all my Tim Horton girls in Shel. and Barr. Will be posting again soon, hope to have good news to share with you all. Thanks as well for your thoughts and prayers, With much love Randy and Debbie.