HAVING FUN AROUNG KYIV :)

AUGUST 15, 2004

Hey ya'll! Hee Hee! I had to say that, people would look at me like I were crazy if I said that around here. We still don't know when our appointment is yet. We do know that it is NOT on Monday. We are praying for Tuesday. Sveta said that this is normal and that everything happens for a reason. She said that there are just not a lot of new children available right now and that they are waiting until there are more children to schedule our appointment. We totally believe that the Lord is in control and are just waiting on his timing. I will say that we are having fun though. After one day of laying around in the apartment we knew we would go insane if we didn't get out. So....yesterday we got brave and took the Metro to the Hydro Park. It is like a water park with beaches on the river and a lot of vendors. We spent all day there. There was an outside gym where men were doing gymnastics, they were really good. Every one's in the Olympic spirit around here. We then took the Metro back to our apartment, ate dinner at McDonald's, watched 3 episodes of Friends on our portable DVD player, then went to bed. Today we took the Metro into the center of Kiev. We ate lunch at Arizona BBQ. There were a lot of Americans in there. I think most were missionaries. We walked around the city and found the monasteries. I guess that is what they are called. Huge temples with gold on the top. I guess since it is Sunday people were going there to pray. We walked some more and found an underground mall. They have really nice name brand stores in it. After that we went outside where a big festival is going on. They have blocked the streets off and people are walking around. There is live music and vendors. It's sort of like walking around Six Flags without the rides. We are still here now, but decided to come inside from the heat for a little bit. Kiev is really nice and we are enjoying ourselves.We miss everyone and hope everyone is doing well. And keep those e-mails coming! :) Oh and we have pictures this time! They will be in the next e-mail.
Julie and Chris Nolte
PS- One really gross thing I had to share is that they sell dried up whole fish on the streets for people to eat. And they do eat it, we have seen it a lot. I think the fish is salt cured. But still, it hasn't been cooked. GROSS!