Khmelnytsky and back to Kyiv

Matt did a great job of describing our terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day yesterday. It was a long day that was both physically and emotionally exhausting, and at the end of it, I had brief thoughts of putting the kids on a plane and sending them home. Although after another great day in Kiev today, I am over that for now. We are in another great apartment, and we had a really relaxing morning just hanging out in our apartment. We all slept until 7:30. This was the first time that I have made it past 4:30, so I was really happy. We had bread, pastries and coffee for breakfast, thanks to Kostya who went out very late last night to pick up groceries for us. The girls took a bath in our huge tub. At 2:00 we went back to the SDA to turn in paperwork, and make an official request for a second appointment. They are going to call us at the end of next week to let us know when that appointment will be. So for the next week or so, we will just be hanging out being tourists, I guess. Tonight we went to dinner with another American couple from Mississippi. They are a lot of fun, so it was nice to be able to spend some time with them. They are also working with Kostya, and they are waiting for their second appointment too. Our day in Kyiv ended with a summer thunderstorm, followed by a beautiful rainbow.