Wednesday, December 20

Yesterday did not go as well as we had hoped. It was our first setback of the trip, but it was a difficult one. We had been told that the boys had a small rash that comes and goes, but when we met them, we discovered that the "rash" was much more serious - open sores all over their bodies. It was very hard for us as we had around 30 minutes to meet them and make a decision. We decided that we didn't know enough about the condition, if it would be able to be corrected, and if we were prepared to take on so much more than we are already undertaking. As we have had more time to reflect on the situation, we feel like we made the right decision. It was one of those times when we didn't really hear God telling us anything, and so we made the best decision we could. We were very sad, especially for the boys. We will meet again with the adoption center and get another referral from them, and then we will head off to another orphanage. We are not too worried about this same thing happening again as it is the first time this situation has ever happened to our adoption agency (we for some reason have been chosen for the harder road to adopt). Right now, we are back hanging out in Kiev. We were down in spirits for a while, but are starting to get back to normal. It is not bad hanging out in Kiev, but we are ready to move forward and get on with the reason for why we are here.