Thursday, July 12, 2007

Three days and counting

I'm trying to imagine all six of us actually boarding that KLM flight on Sunday night at 9PM, but with all we have to do between now and then, and only about 68 hours in which to do it all... well, it will be interesting. The good news is that we have all our paperwork in order and all the "big" stuff. But you know what they say about the details... In any event, our excitement and anticipation grows each day, and I am simply trying to parse out the important tasks that need to be done in the amount of time we have to do them.

Our itinerary:

--Depart Minneapolis Sunday at 9:40pm; lay over in Amsterdam and then arrive in Kiev Monday around 2pm
--Meet with national adoption center staff on Wednesday, July 18 at 10:30AM, which is 8 hours ahead of Central Time, or 2:30AM CST, 3:30AM ET, and 12:30AM PST.
--Hopefully head out of Kiev within a few days of Wednesday the 18th to visit a prospective child.

Thanks for your prayers for smooth preparations and travel, with no illness or delays.

I'll try to post again right before we leave or right after we arrive.

Cheers,
Kyle

9 comments:

John Shore said...

Whoa! This is all such amazing stuff. My wife Catherine and I are definitely praying for you. You make everyone who knows you proud.

Kathy and Matt said...

Kyle and Suzanne (and family),
We will keep you in our thoughts and prayers as you leave for Ukraine this weekend. We hope your travel is uneventful and on schedule.

We look forward to following your trip via the blog. It will be exciting to hear about meeting your son.

We'll probably have lots of questions when you return. Maybe, by then, we'll have some idea of the timing of our trip. We are at peace with that as we know God's timing is perfect.

Take care and safe travels.
God bless,
Kathy

Julie Carobini said...

We're praying for you too, dear Duncans. Such an adventure! I hope the girls are bringing journals :)

Keep up the blog when you can.

The Reed's said...

We are so excited to meet the newest addition to your family! We pray that you have a safe and healthy trip. Give the girls a big hug and kiss from us! We love you all! Bon Voyage!

Unknown said...

Hi Guys,
Hope the trip went smoothly last night. When I woke up this morning, this was the verse on my daily e-mail devotional....WOW...
"And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, who will never leave you. He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth… But you know him, because he lives with you now… and No, I will not abandon you as orphans. I will come to you." John 14:16-18 (NLT)
I sent a longer message to your yahoo e-mail...didn't want to over-blog. Keep us posted....love you much,
kathy, Scott and Boys

Stacie L said...

Anyone can enjoy the accomplishment of a goal... I hope you enjoy the journey too!! God bless you and keep you!
Love, stacie

Mike Greenberg said...

greetings and blessings from the Greenbergs in TN.
We are glad to 'participate' in the adventure of your lives!

grammy said...

It was so great hearing your voice. It's going to be an amazing experience. I love having this site to talk to you everyday. Hi Hannah, Kylie and Zoe. I love you and miss you.

Gloria&Gary said...

Hi Kyle, Suzanne, & Girls,
We are thinking of you often and look forward to hearing about your experiences in and around Kiev. We love you lots!