Sunday, Feb. 28  Jenny and Peet sent an update.

Please pray for a smooth adoption hearing.  It is scheduled for Monday 11:00PM eastern time (U.S.)

Dear Friends,

We are safe and sound half way around the world.  Our travel went very
smoothly, so thank you for your prayers for that.  Other than brutal
jet lag, we are feeling well, and have even been watching some of the
Olympics in Russian.  We are trying to decide whether or not to wake
up at midnight here to watch the hockey game.

We are very happy to be back, and are really looking forward to seeing
little Elena “Ellen” tomorrow.  We are going to call her Elena while
we are here, then will transition to Ellen once we are back home.  We
asked the facilitator here if she had heard anything about Elena from
the orphanage.  She told us that Elena had been telling everyone that
her mama and papa were coming to pick her up and that she is going to
live in the United States.  Of course, that warmed our hearts, and we
look forward to our reunion tomorrow.

Tomorrow is a busy day for us, so we plan to go to bed early to try
and ease some more of the jet lag.  We have a medical exam at 8am,
then we will visit Elena at some point for our official “before court
visit,” and then we will have a meeting with our facilitators to
prepare us for the court hearing, which happens Tuesday at 11am in
Krasnoyarsk.  For any of you night owls, that is 11 pm Monday night
Eastern time, so if you are awake, we covet your prayers.  Even if you
are not awake, we appreciate your prayers for a successful court
hearing resulting in an approved adoption!  Hopefully, everything is
in order for the court hearing.  There is so much paperwork that goes
back and forth, so please pray that everything we need is in order.

We will update again after the court hearing on Tuesday.  So many of
you have called, sent emails and left messages for us.  We cannot
thank you enough for all of the loving support and prayers that are
being offered.  We could not do this without you.  We felt an amazing
peace when we left home.  We were really anxious about the departure -
worried about how Mae would do saying goodbye, and worrying how we
would do.  Well, it could not have gone better, and as we left
Charleston, we were both calm and relaxed.  The ticket agent at United
even waived the extra baggage fee for us when she overheard us saying
we were traveling to adopt a little girl.  God is good, and we
attribute this supernatural peace to answered prayers and God’s great
mercy.

Thank you again for everything.

Love,
Jenny and Peet