We are in LOVE!!

I am SO sorry it has taken me SO long to get on to the internet to post! We have been SO busy and SO tired these last couple of days. We got to meet Taras and Bohdan our second day here (Tuesday morning), and we immediately fell in love! They are so awesome! Taras is SO kind to our kids. He was already helping me by putting his hand on Charlie and Andrew's back to keep them walking with us, and calling back, "Andrew, come!" We told him he should get used to saying that because that is the Penny family mantra!! ; ) He is awesome and asked right away if he should call us Mom and Dad! : ) We exclaimed, "YES!" Bohdan is VERY athletic (just like Taras) and very energetic! They both smile a lot and laugh a lot with us. We are bonding as a family nicely, and all the boys are getting along great! Things could not be better, Praise the LORD!!!

Tomorrow we have our big day at the SDA. If you are reading this, PLEASE pray for us! This is an important day, and we are hoping and praying everything will work out well, and we will get our referral for Taras and Bohdan. The director of their orphanage (who is a VERY nice man), already told us that once we show him any paperwork, we can keep the boys with us for the weekend (which is very good news, not only because we want the boys with us all the time, but also because Rick is freaking out because it is $100 every day to drive to the orphanage - YIKES!) Konstantin said their is a VERY slight chance we could get the paperwork tomorrow (Thursday), but more likely Friday late afternoon. The earlier the better because we will not see the boys again until we have the paperwork in our hands. We covet your prayers!!

Our apartment is decent. The bathroom smells really bad, but other than that, it is okay. The food has been a little scary for Charlie and me, but Rick and Andrew are loving the cow tongue, and all the other odd delicacies! ; ) We ate at the orphanage today, and I have no idea what we ate, but it actually tasted pretty good.

Rick is beckoning for dinner. I should be able to post more often now that this is up and running in our apartment. I hope to get some pics up very soon. Let me know if you have any specific questions or if you want me to talk about anything in particular!

Thank you for all your love and prayers...