Well we have wonderful news, this past weekend we got to meet Steve's girlfriend Lauren! Steve has guarded his heart in several situations and we feel like God has rewarded him with the perfect girlfriend. She fit right into our crazy family, bless her heart. Who knows what the future might hold for them, we are excited to see! (Isn't' she absolutely gorgeous??)
Look at my sleepy Minion last night.
Recently we heard some sad news from our beloved Ukraine! The WWII monument celebrating the largest tank battle of the war has been destroyed by Pro Russian forces. It's a shame, it celebrated both the Russian and Ukraine victory over the Nazi's that was a real turning point in the war on the Eastern Front. We saw how proud Ukrainians were of their victory over the Nazis. This monument was about an hour's drive from the girls' orphanage and we went there one day with our driver (who spoke no English) We loved him-somehow we communicated. It was a lovely spring day and we knew our time in Ukraine was drawing to an end and our girls would soon be released to us. It was just a perfect day.....
It was HUGE~
Here we are on the feet of it
this was on the back side
During WWII that huge plain was a battle field.
Unfortunately it has become a battle field again
I like this picture of Steve on a tank
this monument reminded me of the one in DC for the Vietnam Vets- it had all the names of the men who were killed in this battle.
This is now.....
So very sad
Right where we walked-now there are soldiers
Our heart will always love Ukraine, the country that was so hospitable to us, the country that gave us our girls.
I'm SO happy to read/hear about your test results! Made me smile! Steve's friend is beautiful. How very sad about the monument being ruined. I don't understand the human race much now a days. :/ So happy for you! :)
ReplyDeleteso so happy for all these good news !
ReplyDeleteThe girl friend is gorgeous !