Korneichuks

Pavel, Tanya and the girls will be traveling back from the Ukraine
soon. Please pray for a safe trip.

August 6
They are safely home!

Health and strength

None of us really seem to be sick, but both little ones have slightly stuffy noses and I have an earache. Please pray that none of it gets worse and that the Lord would continue to protect our health as He has so far.

Also, we're TIRED. Raia's been fussy. We're very thankful for the two good nights of sleep that she gave us, but now we're back to a more normal baby schedule.

August 6
Thanks to your prayers and God's goodness, we didn't get sick! We're all doing much better, although we could still use a little more sleep.

Water

Since we moved here our hot water has been off and on (sometimes off for months at a time). Right now it's been off for a few months because of a leak, but there's hope of it being fixed soon! I'd like prayer for a permanent--or at least more permanent--fix this time.

Please pray for Will this weekend. Each apartment is responsible to dig 3 meters of the trench for the pipes. He was out late last night working on that, and he still has more to do. Praise the Lord for this opportunity for him to spend time with the neighbors! Pray for good conversations and for him to be able to balance his time between digging and increased church responsibilities.

You can pray for me to be patient with the water being off and on. Today it's completely off all day, and that gets challenging with baby messes and toddler activity.

July 30
There won’t be hot water as fast as I had thought, but they are making progress. The cold water was only off for a day, so praise the Lord for that. Will was able to prepare for the youth meeting and his sermon last week, in the midst of the busyness. We are getting to know our neighbors better; yesterday we all went out while Will worked, so I got to talk to some of the other mothers, too.

August 2
WE HAVE HOT WATER! I'm going to take a very nice, long bath tonight.

September 15
It's been off quite a bit lately, so, again, pray for me to be patient.

Jaan

Jaan is at a challenging and fun age. We need especial prayer for wisdom in raising him. Ask the Lord for Jaan to be a well-behaved little helper when we're out and about. (Jaan does much better at home than in public.)

July 30
Jaan's doing much better! Ifeel like we finally have the real Jaan back. (You can always pray for him, though.)

Raia's birth certificate

I'll start with asking you to pray for the ongoing saga of getting Raia a birth certificate. Right now we are waiting for two documents: the apostile from the State of Florida, so that we could try again in Moscow; and a new doctor's letters, so that we can attempt to get a birth certificate here. Please pray for both to come through the mail safely.

We're really hoping that we can work this out here in Kovrov!

July 24
For those who are following those documents in prayer every step of the way: what we need from the State of Florida is definitely being processed in Jacksonville now. The next step will be Tallahassee.

July 25
It’s already on its way to Tallahassee!

July 27
Praise the Lord! We got our doctor's letter today, so we will probably be going to try to get a Kovrov birth certificate tomorrow. Please pray about that, and ask everyone else to pray with you. Also, our Florida documents have made it to Tallahassee, so there's progress on that, in case we do end up having to go back to Moscow.

July 29 (morning)
Well, we did go, but the registration office was closed. We'll try again today, so please keep praying.

July 29 (later)
Today they're only doing weddings at the registration office. The next time we can try is Tuesday. Also, my parents have received the document that we would need, if we're going to get the birth certificate in Moscow. Now we'll just have to pray that it will get here safely, if we're going to need it.

August 2
They were very nice and helpful (an answer to prayer!), and all we need now is to have the doctor's letter notarized. We're getting closer!

August 3
We had thought that Will would have to get the letter notarized in Moscow, but now it looks like he can do it here. He's going to try today. If he gets it, then he'll go straight on to the registration office to try and get the birth certificate. Pray!

August 6
No, Will couldn't get the letter notarized. We've heard that another notary office is more accommodating, so we'll try that next. Ideally Will could go there Monday, get the birth certificate Tuesday, and take it with him to get the passport on Wednesday when he goes to Moscow. If that doesn't work, he can get the letter notarized in Moscow, but that would mean another Moscow trip later to turn the birth certificate in at the embassy.

August 9 (and 13)
See Will's prayer update above for the latest.

August 21
Please pray that Will will be able to get a notarized letter from a doctor when he goes to Moscow in the next few days.

August 24
Will was able to meet up with a doctor in Moscow. She was very nice and helpful, but apparently notaries can't do anything with documents like what we need. This is getting ridiculous! Please just keep praying that we'll find a way to get this birth certificate. (And before Raia's ready to go off to college! )

September 19
Will's working on it again. He spent a good part of today going to notaries. There's definitely nothing they can do. He finally found a friendly one, and she was able to give him advice, but nothing more. So, he's "putting a case file together" and going tomorrow to talk to the head of the registration office with all the documents we have, plus pictures of Raia right after her birth and any other proofs that he can think of. Please pray!

September 20
PRAISE THE LORD!!! WE FINALLY HAVE A BIRTH CERTIFICATE!