Thank you everyone for your prayers for the children. Yesterday at 10:45pm Finland time the strike ended on Finnair. We are told that it will take 3 days for the airline to get back to normal, just in time for the kids to get on the plane.The Lord worked this out as we working with the hosting organization as it’s hands & feet and could not come up with a plan B, C or D to move 77 kids and chaperones to JFK when they needed to be there in the criteria the courts had given us.
We spent 2 days calling every airline we could think of as well as every online search engine, but there was simply no way to move these kids we decided at about midnight Wednesday night. We went to bed praying the Lord would bring the parties back to the table to talk as they had walked away.
We woke up Thursday a.m. to the news they were talking.
Thursday we also got a call that 30 Ukraine kids would not receive their Visa’s in time due to an issue at the American Embassy in Kiev. After letters and calls to our Senator and lots of prayers for these last 30 out of 120 Ukrainian kids, we woke up to find out Friday morning again the Lord has intervened and all 120 kids and chaperones had been issued Visa’s in an incredible work of the Lord.
On Monday December 13th over 220 children from Latvia, Ukraine and Russian will arrive at various airports in America to spent 34 days with families who will love them and tell them about the Lord.
This is an amazing journey we are on. One that the Lord has placed in front of us and asked us to walk. Our trust is in Him in the good times and terrifying times.If all goes as planned our “son” will be back in our arms at 10:10pm Monday night!
We are so blessed to have so many of you come along side of us and hold us up in prayer, and pray for these children. The Lord is working His miracles everyday in the lives of these children, triumphant over Satan who is trying to keep these precious children away from hope and a future.
Blessings.
Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.