Never again

Never again will Lily live in underwear, be broken out from heat rash and bug bites, and have shaved hair...











No longer will Taras sleep next to this window but never see what is outside of it...









No longer will they live within a big room behind their groupa door...











No longer will they see these long bare hallways leading to their rooms...








Never again will they only know what is within the orphanage gate (in the distance behind Taras)...













No longer will Lily be sentenced to sit in a stroller while other kids play around her...









... or sleep in this room full of cribs!












Never again will Taras have to get fed hanging out of an old stroller that doesn't fit him.












No longer will Taras spend his days laying in a bare crib!








BECAUSE.....they are out

My husband just called and told me they were walking out of the gates of the orphanage with Lily (Lacie) and Joshua (Taras)!!!....never to return! Praise God for literally saving their lives. This is the moment we've been waiting for and it is a very wonderful moment...even from afar!

I do wish I was there and can't wait to see pictures. I know they have their hands full evening as they take them back to the apartment in Izmail, feed, bathe and get ready for traveling tomorrow, so I thought I'd post. Hopefully Haylee can post more details and pictures soon. Tomorrow they will leave early to go to 2 birth cities to apply for and wait for birth certificates, ending up in Odessa where they will apply for passports.

It will not be easy...as they will not have carseats and John will need to hold Taras...in a taxi without air conditioning and it is very hot there (around 100 degrees) and Lusa may be difficult to sit still so long. Please pray for them, that it will go quickly and smoothly and maybe that the temperature will oool down some!ng