Solomiyka playing on her activity mat borrowed from cousin Sophia (also wearing Sophia's clothes :)




Playing on Tato's lap




Close-up shot



In the apple orchard



  

1st car ride



Solomiya's coming out debut and other serious thoughts.

Weeds Orchard

Enjoyed taking Miss Solomika out for an apple picking adventure! She enjoyed the 'honey crisp' aisle the most.
As you can see, she is getting so big! Soon she will begin her Russian lessons with Mama.



Solomika's rattle. Called "blabla". Seriously. http://www.blablakids.com/Online-Shopping/Rattles/Girl-Cat-Rattle

Thoughts of the day...
Trusting God to provide for our needs in Ukraine.
Believing God is sending us there.
Believing God can use us to change the world.
Not wanting to live an ordinary life.
If God is for us, who can be against us.

Matthew 6
²⁵ “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? ²⁶ Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? ²⁷ Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?
²⁸ “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; ²⁹ and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. ³⁰ Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
³¹ “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ ³² For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. ³³ But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. ³⁴ Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

The Art of Macramé

These past 2 weeks have mainly been spent getting to know Solomiya and figuring out her language, which has been challenging at times- but I think we are getting better. (She definitely does not like ice cream- this we have found out...) She enjoys looking at bright lights and appears to understand Mike when he speaks Ukrainian to her.

Baby don't like this...

We have her birth certificate and Mike is getting her social security number today. The passport application is all filled out (except the ss#) and we are planning on getting her picture taken on Wednesday, after she visits the midwives for her newborn screening. Then, we must both accompany her to the passport office so she can apply. Maybe we will do this on Saturday...
So far, all of the paperwork stuff is going smoothly!

Since sending out our August newsletter, we have heard back from quite a few people who want to support us! This has been very encouraging and we are so happy that people are interested and want to be a part of what we are doing!
We cannot believe it is already September! God willing, we will be moving in just 4 months! We are so excited and looking forward to serving the people of Transcarpathia! We have been praying, talking about and preparing for this for the past 6 years. Thanks to everyone for your encouragement : )

Estimated date of departure: January 10th


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BABY!!!

Solomiya Rose on Tato's lap!
Born Wednesday, August 31 at 10:47am at home!
7.6lbs and 21 inches long

Awesome midwives: Susanrachel Condon, CNM, LM and Susan Rannestad CPM, CM, LM  http://www.riverandmountain.net/index.shtml