We had a really good time last night celebrating the 4th of July. 
We met an American couple and their two children from Atlanta. Their names are Kevin, Renee, Isaac & Jacob Michael. We also met a couple with three children. Amy is from California, Zenia is from Russia, and their 3 kids are Eli, Matthew, and Jonathon. Shannon is a single girl from some part of the states that just returned from Israel. 
Also we met Julia Love from Australia. Shelby, Matt, Micah, Keegan, and Korah were all there along with Matt and Tammy. They are all Bible Missionaries.
We had BBQ chicken, beans, chips, potato salad, watermelon, and cookies. We played a water balloon game with the kids. We also played volleyball then we watched fireworks that Zenia and Kevin shot off for us.
The visit this morning with Jacob was not one of the better ones. It was very hot and he was in a bad mood. We are headed out now for the afternoon visit. Hopefully it will go better.
OK, we are back from our afternoon visit and it went much better. He played a lot today. He and Anton played together on the swing set, the slide, and the seesaw. It is still so hot and miserable outside, but inside would be worse. I expect it to stay this hot for the rest of our stay.
Andrew came today and said it was cool in Kiev because it has rained. He has reviewed our court decree and said all was fine. He I understand him correctly he is now working on any paperwork we will need to get Jacob’s passport. He flew in this morning and is flying out tonight. He will be back next Thursday.
Melissa – I will try to post the orphanage address soon so you can send the donations.
Love,
JTJ
We met an American couple and their two children from Atlanta. Their names are Kevin, Renee, Isaac & Jacob Michael. We also met a couple with three children. Amy is from California, Zenia is from Russia, and their 3 kids are Eli, Matthew, and Jonathon. Shannon is a single girl from some part of the states that just returned from Israel. 
Also we met Julia Love from Australia. Shelby, Matt, Micah, Keegan, and Korah were all there along with Matt and Tammy. They are all Bible Missionaries.
We had BBQ chicken, beans, chips, potato salad, watermelon, and cookies. We played a water balloon game with the kids. We also played volleyball then we watched fireworks that Zenia and Kevin shot off for us.
The visit this morning with Jacob was not one of the better ones. It was very hot and he was in a bad mood. We are headed out now for the afternoon visit. Hopefully it will go better.
OK, we are back from our afternoon visit and it went much better. He played a lot today. He and Anton played together on the swing set, the slide, and the seesaw. It is still so hot and miserable outside, but inside would be worse. I expect it to stay this hot for the rest of our stay.
Andrew came today and said it was cool in Kiev because it has rained. He has reviewed our court decree and said all was fine. He I understand him correctly he is now working on any paperwork we will need to get Jacob’s passport. He flew in this morning and is flying out tonight. He will be back next Thursday.Melissa – I will try to post the orphanage address soon so you can send the donations.
Love,
JTJ
4 comments:
Hello guys,
Glad to hear you had a good 4th. Ours was good also. Went over to the GLover's and had ribs, chicken, beans, potato salad, and some blueberry ice cream....
James, Robert and Roby ate your part for you...You better get back before they put on fatter..Ha Ha
We are all looking forward to the three of you getting home, and are counting the days with you..Please let us know how to visit. I am sure it will be a long trip for Jacob and you will have a busy schedule with him when you get home...We are all looking forward to seeing you, but want to make it easy for you also, being your stay at home with him might be short...having to return to work.
Yelk, could have gone all day with saying that, well that's a friend for you :0)
Stay cool, drinks lots of water and get well..
Looks like Jacob has his daddy right where he wants him.I'm glad yall had a good day with your new friends. We all thought about you when we were eating our hamburgers and hotdogs.We didn't have ice cream but it was good anyway.Hope everything goes well from now on.I will talk to you later.Love yall.Give Jacob a hug from aunt Carolyn.
Sounds like you made some great new friends!! Hurry up and get home Now!!! :) Hope the next 12 days go really fast for ya! Oh, and have your Mom and Dad make some more of the BBQ ribs when you get home, just like the ones they made for the 4th!! Then, call me when they're done!;) Take care, love to you all!!
TTJ,
So glad that you guys had a great 4th of July. I'm sure you enjoyed being around people that spoke English and were Americans. The pictures of the kids are so cute. I can't believe that they are going to Siberia. I couldn't do it, God bless them on their missionary journey.
We are missing you so much here. We'll have to have a big bash when you get back. We have alot of catching up to do too.
May prayers are with you.
God Bless.
Love you,
Becca
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