Prayer request: Tomorrow is an important day. O. goes to see the judge and request our courtdate. We are praying for Friday. That's the earliest it could possibly be and if we get that date we have to pray that all paperwork in Kiev will be finished by then as well. N. turns in the paperwork in Kiev tomorrow for them to work with. Pray for the judge. He will definitely help determine how long we have to stay. We have heard he is good and independent. This is said to be one of the best regions to adopt a child from in the Ukraine.

Today's meeting went well. We got to meet Lena's classmates and take pictures. We took a picture of one boy today who was 13. He was small and not nearly as tall as Lena. The teacher said she hoped he would find a family and that he was very sweet and good in woodworking and figuring things out.

We took a picture of 3 of Lena's closest friends, Emma, Nastia and Kyrstina. Emma has been to the states. Nastia is the youngest at 11 and is so precious and pretty.

We also got to see Lena's room (w/3 roommates). The room had 4 single beds and ea. w/a small nightstand. The have lockers for their clothes in another room. She and a couple other girls had dressed up today. Their class has their own eating area for special times and a playroom w/books, a couple of dolls and stuffed animals. It also had children's Bibles and New Testaments. The orphanage is very big and kept tidy and clean. Her teachers all want her to have a family and have been glad we came to get her.

We had our first new snow yesterday evening and it has just now slowed down and it's 3p.m. here. Brianne was excited and wanted to get out in the new snow. I wanted some exercise b/c we sit alot and so Trent reluctantly agree to walk together to my favorite restaurant about a mile a way while it was snowing. It was beautiful and really helped to make the town look nicer. Trent thought we were crazy going out in the weather, but we had a good time.

The snow was so powdery that Brianne had a hard time making a snowman and so she made a snow "tree" and packed it on the tree and decorated a face.

Most of the restaurants we have eaten in here are very nice even fancy with a couple of them being Luby's style. Many of them have English menus and we have learned to recognize most food on the buffets although sometimes we are surprised by what is inside since they stuff many pierogies, etc. with different things. I had an awesome Greek Salad last night and Trent had Rabbit. My next funny story came when Brianne (who has not been as impressed with the food and is not as adventuresome in trying new things) ordered the Tiger shrimp. We had been told they were huge and peeled. When they brought them the were not peeled w/legs& eyeballs still intact. She got passed that once we peeled them and ate them, but they were just medium sized to us and she was still hungry. Trent shared several bites of his dinner which she liked. Then he happened to ask her, "would you like some more rabbit?" and needless to say she did not! It tasted good until she knew what it was. It didn't help that she has had 5 or 6 rabbits for pets!