here we go again...

we're finally here! it feels like this trip has been a long time coming, but now that it's here, it doesn't feel real!

we met the treadways, who are adopting a 15-year-old girl named Olga, at the Frankfurt Airport. we're all hanging out here at the team house, getting ready to go to the embassy tomorrow. today, we have church, and dinner with d's mom, and i think lunch with dennis's principal, Mrs. Galena. that was kind of a surprise!

we're trying to get all of dennis's visiting done - with his friends and his mom and his church group. we have that "we're in moldova" feeling - no schedule, but you have to be ready at a moment's notice to go running around. but we only have two nights here, and then it's on to Romania. we're really looking forward to that in a twisted sort of way...apparently, it's more developed than Moldova (there's even a Starbucks!), but we will be moving very quickly through there. The good news is that it involves a 7 hour drive, which equals a nap for me :) Jet lag is a bummer already.

Anyway, we're busy being parents and trying to figure out rules and regulations and how to teach this beautiful child how to be part of an American family. it's a little overwhelming, but i promise we can feel your prayers all the way across the ocean. thanks for remembering us...