Today is Joy's birthday! We will spend the day with Julia and Jenna and, of course, we will have cake!
We recently moved to an air conditioned room. Did I mention that it's been pretty hot here? We have been blessed with a few milder days, but otherwise it's been hot. Joy would like to put a plug in here for Clinical Strength Secret (thanks for the tip TG)! It's good stuff!
Yesterday we went to the beach with the girls. It was nice. There is a water park not too far away, but we are waiting for the boys to get here before trying it out.
The Benson's, an adoptive family from Wisconsin, just left Berdyansk last night. Their 10 day wait is over and they can finally go to Kiev to complete medical exams, etc. We will miss having them around. They are adopting 3 sisters whose father is in prison for killing their mother. They were sent to the orphanage when they were very little, and their father refused to give up parental rights from prison even though he will be there for life. Four years ago the Benson's began their process and hired a lawyer to take parental rights from the father. Finally, they will soon be on their way home with 3 beautiful daughters (Sveta, Olya and Leyna).
Our facilitator, Victor, is in Kiev this weekend because some missionaries have just arrived that he works with each summer. He will be back at 7:00 a.m. on Monday morning and he has given us fair warning that next week will be busy. So...not too much to update you on today, but we will hopefully have a paperwork/court progress report on Monday.
Love you all!
Bryan, Joy & Katelyn
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY FRIEND!!! Sorry its a day late. I love reading about your travels. I can't imagine all that you are experiencing God do! I pray constantly for your safety and smooth adoption process!
Love you all!
Jen
Happy Birthday! I miss you and hope that your birthday is a happy one. Give everyone my love. I am praying that all goes smoothly next week.
Love,
Gail
Happy JOYful Birthday, JOY!!!
Bracy Stown
HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUNT JOY!!! WE HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY. EAT LOTS OF CAKE. WE LOVE YOU AND CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU SOON.
LOVE, MADISON & MOLLY
Hi Joy,
I am so excited for you. It must be amazing to finally see what God has promised for your life come true. I love reading about all the details, it gives Marty and I such HOPE! I pray everything goes well next week!
Angela Bradshaw
Happy Birthday Joy!! I have enjoyed reading your updates and we'll keep praying that things continue to go well on Monday. Look forward to meeting Julia, Jenna, Alex & Victor soon!
Love, Hannah
Hi, we are in town adopting as well - we just got here today and a friend at home gave me your site. If you want to get together please email us at: powen05@comcast.net Our blog is: pauljess.blogspot.com
In case you did not get my comment blog I sent last night(friday),again HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!
LOTS OF LOVE AND BEST WISHES !! Hope all of you have a special weekend. Love to all,Beverly,Jack, Matthew,Mama and Daddy
P.S. Joy, can not believe I just missed your call.I literally stepped out of the house for a minute! I am not sure what I am doing wrong but unable to reach you by phone.However,you and the family are always in my thoughts and prayers. Hope the birthday cake was good! Glad to know about the deoderant and that it works. Love,beverly
Happy Birthday, Joy!! I spoke to the ESL tutor today and she said she had responded to your email. She also mentioned that she's very excited to meet your children! I hope it works out for you too!
I'll be anxious to get your updates next week once the boys are in town!
Love ya!!
Sharon
Happy Happy Birthday! What a way to spend the day. I hope you were able to get your hands on some good birthday cake. Did you find any icecream? I can't wait to see what the LORD is going to do next week. It sounds like things are really going to move along. Before you know it your family will be back in the USA. No pun intended :)We love you. Reese, Elizabeth & Samuel
Joy, it's been exciting reading the blog each day. What a journey God is taking you on. Thanks for being faithful in keeping us posted. We are praying for you and can't wait to meet all the Tanners!
Love,
Wayne & Ashley
Oh, Happy Birthday! What a wonderful birthday gift you are getting. And, Bryan will celebrate Father's Day as a daddy of 5 next weekend. We are praying for your court date to go smoothly. Can't wait to hear more good news. Love, The George's
Happy Birthday Joy, and Happy Father's Day Bryan! We love reading your updates! We are praying for all seven of you and can't wait to meet Julia, Jenna, Victor and Alex! We love you! Jeff and Meredith
Hi Tanners! It's been a long time since we've talked but we are keeping up with your adoption journey through this site. We are just in awe of what God is doing with your family. We hope that God continues to keep you safe and healthy on this amazing journey. We'll be traveling this week but look forward to reading new posts when we return.
Jennifer & Dana Pierce
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