HELP!!!!!

We are frantically trying to raise funds and complete the necessary documents to adopt Zhenya and Ruslan before they are kicked out of their orphanage. Their orphanage has been reclassified by the government as a rehab facility and they will have to be moved from there soon. Our biggest fear is they will be placed with their 20yo brother who can hardly take care of himself, must less be a father to a 14 & 7yo. Our facilitator is calling in favors trying to keep them in the orphanage until we can get there. We've also been in contact with the family that hosted the boys over the summer and they are putting in to host the boys again this Christmas (this will help keep the boys in the system, the more sponsors they have). Please keep our family in your prayers as we endeavor to bring these boys home.

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I love technology!

Got a chance to Skype with the boys today thanks to their orphanage director, Viktoria! It was so good to see those smiling faces! It still amazes me that we can call someone half way around the world, speak to them, & SEE them!

They received the package we sent for Ruslan's birthday & he LOVES his remote control Batman car. Viktoria says she has one of the workers keep it put up when he's not playing with it so it doesn't accidentally get broken by one of the other kids. Zhenya likes his new earphones too. They aren't Beats, but we told him that if he takes good care of these, we'll get him Beats for his birthday in August.

Daniel was able to show Viktoria his progress report from school & she was very proud that he's making good grades. I think she was really happy to see him & she couldn't believe how much he's grown. She wanted to make sure he will be traveling with us when we come to Ukraine. We're hoping to Skype with her again Saturday when Daniel's friend Andre is here. He's from the same orphanage & I know she'd love to see him too.

Happy Mama here!

And the paper work & waiting begins!

We have completed our home study update! We're just waiting for a couple more pieces of info to get to our social worker & she'll be able to write it up. WhooHoo! The home study is not just important to begin our adoption process, but also to begin applying for grants. The next step will be applying for the I-600 (immigration request). It cost around $900, so the the fundraising has begun as well. It just feels so overwhelming, the financial costs of adoption, but we know God will provide. We had no idea how we'd raise this much money last time, but He made it happen and Daniel is home with us. The human part of you just panics sometimes!

We have new photos of the boys! It is great talking with them each week, but it's awesome to see their faces!

Happy 7th Bday Ruslan!

Zhenya in his Bama shirt!



Our current fundraisers

Shoe collection: Please donate your used shoes! Any shoes you don't wear anymore can be donated to help those in need around the world. You will be recycling and helping people. We can come pick them up from you or you can drop them off. Call me @ 334-799-6765. We earn $100/bag of shoes collected to go towards our adoption expenses!

T-shirt sales: Youth S-XL $15 and Adult S-3XL $20













Tax-deductible donations: You can mail tax-deductible donations to Manifold Mercies, Attn: Holliday Family, P.O. Box 237, Kellyton, AL 35089. (*Per IRS guidelines, our name can not be on the check you send, only the envelope.)

We are hard at work on our dossier (set of documents we send to Ukraine). It's close to complete, but we can't send it until we receive our I-600 approval. So, the waiting game begins! Fill out documents, try to raise funds, and pray without ceasing.

Thank you, all our friends & family for all you have done & are currently doing to help us bring our sons home! We could never do this without your continued support & prayer.