Kiev

This is the building across the street from our apartment in Kiev. It is the "Mandarin Plaza" which has a huge mall inside along with a 24 hour market. We hope to go and explore some it later today but for now we are hanging out in our apartment letting Emily sleep. The street we are on is very busy and reminds us of downtown Chicago. It has a TGIFriday where the servers actually speak some English so it is nice to go there and feel a little closer to home and the familiar. There are lots of shops on this street like a coffee shop with chocolate (I will have to check that one out), restaurants, clothing stores, etc. It is a pretty place, just shocking that we are not in Moore, Oklahoma. I think I am in culture shock!! Last night the street was very busy with people. A lot of the girls were dressed in short dresses or tight pants. It is a lot different here than I expected. We will be here until Wednesday when we will board a train for a 10 hour train ride to finally see our little boy. We have been told that he is very excited to see us so we just can't wait to get to him. He is described as a quiet boy that likes to draw and has several friends. We also found out that his little friend Sergiy who is also up for adoption is around 8-9 years old and not 13 years old as we thought before. So someone needs to get busy and make plans to adopt him so that Erik will have a buddy in Oklahoma, hehehe!! We have considered it but feel God is telling us that one boy is plenty for now.