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Friday, December 30, 2011

Quiet Day

Ty and I have had a quiet day here in our apartment.  We did go out grocery shopping with Grandfather, Sasha and Natasha (housemom for Sasha) this morning for the New Year's eve celebration.

Here is a Costco or Sam's type store that we shopped in.

 

Here are some fish waiting to be eaten.



New Year's Eve is a bigger celebration than even Christmas here.  Here is an explanation that I found online: 


Christmas in Ukraine is celebrated January 7 according to the Gregorian calendar as in most of other Orthodox Christian countries.
During the Soviet time it was not officially celebrated in Ukraine. Instead communist government tried to substitute Christmas with the holiday of New Year. But people did not forget their traditions. After gaining it’s independence in 1991 Ukraine started to celebrate Christmas officially as well.

We will be cooking and preparing food tomorrow together with Katya and Mariana's "Father's House Family."

Mariana went off to visit with her Mom in Kyiv and Katya and Sasha went off to do some Christmas shopping.



So Ty and I have just done some reading, blogging, emails, eating, push-ups, and probably a movie is in our near future. Tonight we hope to play another fun game of volleyball with some of the staff and kids here at Father's House.

Paperwork was hopefully submitted today so that we will get a court date in the not so distant future.


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  1. scottDecember 31, 2011 at 5:56 PM

    I am so happy for you. What an amazing trip! I've been praying for your safety and your paperwork to go through without problems. I had tears in my eyes reading and watching. It's been a tough holiday season. We miss Andrea more than you can imagine. I have never prayed this much in my life so I have plenty of time to pray for you too. God bless you and your family and my beautiful wife Andrea. In Jesus name! Amen! Scott

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