Thank YOU !!!

This is a thanks to all of you for your prayers, support, and love! A special thanks goes to the Cradle Society who made today possible. I could write a book about what they have done, so seamlessly, so thoroughly, and with back-breaking hours of work. The Cradle Society has truly impressed me with Judy, Shane, Ruslan, Oleg, Natasha, Michael, and all the people behind the scenes. You can't imagine what we've been through and how they have jumped in front of us to assist!

We completed the work at the American Embassy and will leave around 9 AM tomorrow for the airport. It will be about 20 hours before we are back to Milwaukee and I know this will be tough on the boys. I actually hope they stay awake so they can sleep when we get home ... NOT ... they will want to investigate the house, meet Lola, etc. and go nuts for a few hours starting at 11 PM tomorrow - and then we all adjust to the time change again.

More to come, but when we hit the Embassy today I heard other family war stories. A child getting Chickenpox while a family was enroute - and now the child is quarantined for 8 days - and several more stories. I put so much into God's hands, your prayers are so much appreciated, and we have been blessed on this journey.

Not sure if we will have time to post again. It seems like getting a family ready is about 30 minutes/person in the family. I can get ready in 15 minutes and Linda in 15 after that ... and because she took 15, I take another 15. OK, is this funny enough as adults? That it takes 45 mins for 2?

The 1st day we got the kids going with us in 45 mins ... the next day it took 60. Today, it is taking 2 hours. What's cool is that these kids never had a "choice" in life ... no favorite color, no favorite soda, no favorite clothes. It's hard to fathom, but they lack a preference. They are learning options and consequences - and this is so awesome to observe these kids getting this new lease on life.

Praise God from whom all blessings flow !!! Sing it with me, I know, that you know the rest of the praise! And for those that don't, look it up ... we hope to be home by the time everyone has responded.

All our love,

Brian and Linda and Matthew/Vladislav/Vladik/Vlad, and Timothy/Alexander/Sasha/Sash