Bruns in Ukraine - moving ahead & ask for continued prayers

Hi all;

Well we have been doing better with the three kids as they are actually greeting us with English greetings and asking when we will be returning to see them again! Prayers are being heard and we continue to praise God throughout the day and week!

We will have an updated info letter that we drafted up on the blog so please check it later today or the next day or so! It may surprised you when you read what we learned earlier this week!

Thanks again for your continued prayers:

1- For the children letting go of their fears and getting closer to us
2-For safe travels to those that are helping us (Leysa returns to Kiev today following five days with us teaching the kids some English and us some more Russian),
3-and for safe travels for Vova (Masha's brother who travels from Kiev to us - he arrives tomorrow to assist with more translation for all) and
4- For Max and Sasha as they go back and forth for paperwork -

God was so good to us. A front tire had damage to the side wall and we still were able to travel on it to return while in another city and we found a tire shop open at 5pm that could fix it and get us on our way the other day.

Hopefully Max got his clutch fixed on his car too! They were trying to match the right parts in Kiev when he returned via train last week, he is likely gonna drive back here when he comes to do the court paperwork...

5- For the administration, teachers, and caregivers in this orphanage that are still very hardened

6- For Erik and I to continue to be caring to one another as we live together in tight quarters in a city that we have found only one person that speaks English - we sure feel like we are outsiders

Thanks all!

-Heidi and Erik Brun