America!!!

We are back! After a long day of travel we our back in the USA! We left Ukraine thursday morning at 6:45 and flew to Amsterdam, we had a 5 hour layover there, thank goodness we could get Wifi on the computer, and then another 9 hour flight to Dulles. When we were getting on the plane in Amsterdam Vika ask me how long the flight would be, she was not happy when I told her 9 hours! Luckly our plane was not full and there was an empty seat in our row so she could lay down and sleep. She kept watching the monitor to see where the plane was on the map and showing me the distance we had to go was getting smaller. It never felt so good to land! It took us a while to get through customs, then my sister Michelle picked us up and  took us to her house. Michelle and her husband Jeremy are kindly letting us stay with them, and are driving us to Breezwood today where my parents are going to meet us and take us the rest of the way home.  Yesterday we took Vika shopping. In the morning we went with Michelle and Jeremy, after lunch my sister Renee took us to Target, then we went and picked up her daughter after school and went to the mall. Vika said to me 3 shopping! She could not believe that we went shopping three times in one day. Michelle and Jeremy had a very nice dinner for us, it was complete with balloons, flowers, and a welcome cake with Vika's name on it. Unfortunately, Mick Vika and I were very tired and by nine we were fighting to stay awake. Mick and I have never seen Vika sleeping in the evening, she usually tells us no sleep. That was not the case last night.
Please remember to pray for Joe and Ginger, who are in Ukraine on their first trip, and Cheri and Russy who are leaving this sunday for the second trip to bring home their girls.