In Kiev and Coming Home Tomorrow!

John (I call him Vadik, pronounced Vadeek, which is the nickname for Vadim) and I are at a restaurant this morning for breakfast and they have wi-fi.  I'm glad to get reconnected to catch up with emails.   We are staying with Karen Springs, aka Saint, who lives in Kiev and works for Orphan's Promise (I talked about her a few posts ago).  She had a friend come over and made us dinner on Wed. night when we arrived from Odessa.  They both spoke Russian so it has been a great transition for John.  Here's a photo from our dinner.  Yesterday we went to the US Embassy to submit our documents for his visa and for him to see the doctor.  Thankfully everything went smoothly.  It did take all day, but John was great in the car with traffic and a lot of waiting.  I hope he's this good tomorrow with all the flying.  He has had a lot of firsts!  He absolutely LOVES taking a bath.  I think he was in there at least an hour yesterday.  He also loves to use the toilet (thank you Lord) and to push to flush and to push the buttons on elevators (what kid doesn't?).  He sleeps like a rock and I get him up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom and I don't think he even wakes up.  Last night we went to dinner at a woman's house that I met last Nov.  She works at the US Embassy and her husband is in the  US Army.  They have two girls, 5 and 9, so they were great entertainment for John.  When he is served food, he will fold his arms and not eat for a few minutes, then he will slowly start to eat everything on his plate.  Well, as I'm writing this, he's not touching his breakfast so maybe that's not always the case!  I hope he will make up for it at lunch.  We have one more hurdle today at the US embassy to get John's visa.  I can't believe we're almost done.  Our flight leaves at 5:30 a.m. tomorrow and I will be travelling with two American women that I've met here, which is nice.  Please pray that we would make our connections and get through Customs and Immigration without any problems. We get back to Raleigh at 5:00 p.m. and can't wait to see you all!!!