Going to camp!

Next week Will and Jaan and (hopefully) one other little boy are going away to camp. This friend of Jaan's doesn't have a father; his aunt and grandmother are raising him. He really wants male input, so we're hoping it will work out for him to go. Please pray for those who are going to camp and for me staying home with the younger three of our children.

(By the way, we finally got Bogdan's birth certificate. Praise God with us for that!)

Thank you, Lord!

We now have a birth certificate for Anastasiya Vilburnovna Khansaker! (That would be our Little Asya.) Thank you for all your prayers! It was much quicker and easier this time than last time.

We also have tickets to go to Moscow on Tuesday to apply for her passport at the embassy there. Please pray for us, as that's a pretty big trip to make with three little ones.

Still working on it

Well, today we learned that all the notaries in town close early on Fridays. Will's still going to try to go in tomorrow morning, since the nice lady offered to let him come in then, when they don't usually do birth certificates. Maybe she'll let him have the birth certificate, with a promise to bring in the last papers next week. Then we could start on Asya's passport.

Oh, the letter from Tanya was fine, and probably not even necessary. Thanks for praying about that!

Getting closer

Will did get to all the places he wanted to today. But. . . he still needs to do a little more. Tomorrow he'll have to get copies of the visa sections of our passports notarized (but not translated. At least, he can do that locally.) Then he can take that in on Friday, and hopefully we'll be done! Thank you for praying. Everyone has been very nice through all of this, and things went remarkably well today.

Pray for speed!

Will is trying to do everything faster than I said yesterday. He left for Vladimir at 5:00 this morning. He's trying to get there and back quickly, get a witness letter from our friend Tanya (pray that will be acceptable!), and then turn everything in for the birth certificate today.

Slow progress

After all day in Vladimir, Will has to go back again tomorrow. He got the translations done. They just need to be notarized now. Please for everything to go quickly, for safe travel, and for strength for me. I'm exhausted!

Nothing is ever simple

Laws have changed a little. Now we need a witness letter and notarized translations of our passports and marriage license to get a birth certificate. Will can go to Vladimir to get the translations tomorrow. Please pray that we'll figure out what to do about the witness letter. Hopefully we can get everything pulled together by next Tuesday, get the birth certificate then, and go to Moscow the next day to apply for Asya's passport. (She has to do that in person. )

Later

Of course, the birth certificate place is closed on the fourth Thursday of every month. Friday and Saturday they only do weddings; Sunday and Monday they're closed. So, Will can probably go back on Tuesday.

Birth certificate

Will's going to apply for Asya's birth certificate today. We expect everything to go smoothly with that, but after the work it took to get one for Raia, we'd appreciate some extra prayer. Thanks!