Passport - check!

This is one of the KEY pieces. Today, Alyona took me and Katya to the passport office where I checked the spelling of her new name - KATERYNA JOY FINLEY - and Katya sat for her picture for her AMERICAN passport!

Now all of these documents travel to Kiev and then back to Odessa. Our prayer is that they arrive by Friday so that we can be ready to hit the ground running on Monday morning in Kiev.

The potential hold-up continues to be property. In Ukraine, every citizen, no matter how old, has to have an official address. Katya's record of Ukrainian domicile has to be dissolved and she must be cleared of all rights to claim property. The person who does this is out sick and has a temp in her place, but only on Mondays and Thursdays. Alyona is hopeful that we can start this process and then by POA, she can finish it in my absence.

Please pray that NOTHING will hinder Katya and I from getting to Kiev in time to do the work we need to do there and be ready to fly out on Wednesday.