Knoonellog

November 2006



Going Solo

Thursday, 30 November 2006 6:12 A GMT-05
Richard left this morning at 6:45 for the Simferopol airport.  I can't believe how much I missed him the minute I got back into the apartment after saying goodbye.  What am I doing?  Never in my wildest dreeams did I ever think I w
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Some local flavor

Tuesday, 28 November 2006 12:33 P GMT-05
Last evening, after court, we were invited to the home of our translator and her family to celebrate our adoption.  It was so much more comfortable than our rental apartment.  the walls were covered with wallpaper with intricate and detaile
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A family of Five!!!!!

Monday, 27 November 2006 10:14 A GMT-05
At exactly 4:37 pm Ukraine time (9:37 am EST) we became the proud parents of Nikita Alexander Davis.  He is three years old, blond haired and brown eyed.  He is very smart, independent and stubborn.  He will fit right in with the rest
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Monday is the big day!

Sunday, 26 November 2006 11:33 A GMT-05
Our court hearing will be on Monday at 4 pm Ukraine time. That's 9 am for those of you on the east coast. Say a prayer for us as you drink that cup of coffee. By the time it's gone we should have another Davis in the family!

What a weekend!

Sunday, 26 November 2006 11:28 A GMT-05
Friday evening I attended a Fall Festival presentation by the orphanage children. I got to see my little man dance and sing along wit all the other children in his grupa. He even had a solo song (okay, a verse.) and his own part in a dance. He was
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A peaceful T-giving

Friday, 24 November 2006 11:07 A GMT-05
Our Thanksgiving was as quiet as it was unconventional. We paid a visit to Alex in the morning, stopped at the promenade for lunch in the afternoon and had a sumptuous dinner of chicken and rice from our stovetop in the evening. I will admit, tho

Problems managed

Tuesday, 21 November 2006 11:13 A GMT-05
Genna and I went with Helen to Alex's birthplace to correct the omission to the court papers. while there we stopped in to the Vital records office to find out what it would take to get his new birth certificate after our court proceedings are final
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Just a little hiccup

Monday, 20 November 2006 11:17 A GMT-05
I had an opportunity to meet with our judge today.  She had questions for us.  the first was easy.  She couldn't find our letter obligating us to report back to Ukraine periodically on Alex's progress once we got back to the st
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Court date!

Sunday, 19 November 2006 6:16 A GMT-05
We have been assigned to a judge and given a court date!  We are scheduled to go to court in Monday, November 27th.  There is also a very slight chance that we may be able to move that date up to Friday the 24th, if everyhting falls into pl
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Another day on our own!

Thursday, 16 November 2006 6:34 A GMT-05
Well, we had to get help again to get the taxi to the apartment. I guess we just don't do so well on the phone. Wut we did manage to arrange for the taxi to pick us up again same time, same place tomorrow. We have ventured out to the Pushkinskay
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A fun day!

Wednesday, 15 November 2006 10:30 A GMT-05
Today we tried to call a taxi to take us to visit Alex.  We had no luck communicating with the dispatcher so our Translator had to call.  The guy who showed up though gave us his personal phone number.  He knows exactly where we are st
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A day off! (Sort of)

Monday, 13 November 2006 7:29 A GMT-05
Today our facilitator is running around without us submitting the proper documents for our application to formally adopt Alex.  We are hanging around on our own. The kids spent the am watching Narnia and playing cards.  i spent it trying to
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So much to tell, so little time

Sunday, 12 November 2006 12:20 P GMT-05
Simferopol is very different from Kviv, much like Winchester, Va is differnt from New York.  We are staying in an apartment right next to the KGB building.  We feel very safe.Yes, Kostya, the air in this town is very sweet, sort of like sea
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I don't have acess to emil addresses here.

Friday, 10 November 2006 11:00 A GMT-05
Please send me an email if you want to hear from me personally with more info. I will do my best to answer emails asap.
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I have four minutes!!

Friday, 10 November 2006 10:59 A GMT-05
To say that our "Alex" is beautiful, healthy and very bright. We are proceeding slowly but no major hiccups yet. Please continue to pray. I will share when things slow down to less than a racehorse pace. There's so much to say about this amazing
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Our Visit Today (Thursday, 9 November)

Thursday, 9 November 2006 11:59 P GMT-05
The train trip from Kyiv to Simpferopol was quite an experience. The kids loved sleeping in the upper bunks. We probably would have had a great trip if not for the climate control problem. The train's heat is controlled in one place for the

The News

Wednesday, 8 November 2006 7:34 A GMT-05
I am sure that we have several frustrated people who have checked this blog looking for details. We have been so busy traipsing all over the city of Kiev with Kostya. That man loves to walk! First you have to read through the trivial stuff.
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Planes trains and Automobiles

Wednesday, 8 November 2006 7:33 A GMT-05
We made it to Kyiv! We're all in one piece! Okay, we're all in four pieces plus eight pieces of luggage, but who's counting. Our journey from our house to our two bedroom apartment just off Independence Square in downtown Kyiv took several mode

Next stop - Kyiv!

Sunday, 5 November 2006 6:09 A GMT-05
We're off!  Please pray for us for a safe trip and for wisdom to do what God wants us to do to bring Alex home.  Also pray that the kids have an exciting and fun learning adventure, and that we don't get on each other's nerves t
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If it's not...

Saturday, 4 November 2006 1:02 P GMT-05
...in the laundry, on the table or on the list then it's not going to be clean packed or done!Got the picture?
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It's down to the wire, now

Friday, 3 November 2006 3:04 P GMT-05
A friend has taken my kids for the next 24 hours so that I can really knock down the to-do list.  I have finished the shopping, (I hope.) dropped off the pups, managed the bank thing, paid the bills, packed most of the bags.  I still waver
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Missionaries in Ukraine

Thursday, 2 November 2006 8:28 A GMT-05
We have been given a tremendous opportunity to be missionaries while we are in Ukraine. We will be helping our parish priest spread devotion to prayer to the people, and especially the children of Ukraine. Fr. Matthew Zuberbueler, (or Fr. M

Things are rolling right along

Wednesday, 1 November 2006 4:07 P GMT-05
Well, I get to cross the bif Halloween Night project off my list now.  Both kids managed to finish their costumes and went out trick-or-treating in our new neighborhood.  i stayed home to hand out candy.  I was told that our neighborho