The Orphans of Ukraine

For the past year and a half, these beautiful young ladies have been known to us as "the girls." It's overwhelming when I think that in a matter of days, they will be my daughters. Anastasia and Galyna have spent most of their lives in that building behind them. When they touch down at Kennedy Airport sometime in July, they will automatically become American citizens!

If all goes well, that will happen sometime in early July. We will be spending Monday through Wednesday in Kyiv (The US State Department has officially changed the spelling from the Russian "Kiev" to the Ukrainian "Kyiv" -- just another exuse to make Putin mad!).

This will likely be our last post before we arrive in Odessa on Thursday, where we'll have high-speed internet at our apartment. Meanwhile please take a look at this brief video to learn more about the plight of Ukrainian orphans.