Our Ukrainian Connection: The Powells

It's so amazing how God looks after His children! In February 2007, He led us to adopt from Ukraine, a country we knew nothing about. A month later, we met Jonathan & Heather Powell - Ukrainian missionaries that were home on furlough - so we felt like we had a bit of a connection to the country.

Well Ukraine is about the size of Texas, so the chances of us ending up anywhere close to them were slim.  But as I continually remind myself, never attempt to put limits on God!!  I remember calling Jonathan from Kyiv to let him know we'd be heading to Mariupol. And as it turned out, we were only about an hour or so away from them!

You can read about our previous encounters with the Powells by clicking HERE and HERE and HERE.

The Powells are currently back in Georgia on furlough for several months.  A couple of weeks ago, they came to our house and spent the day with us.  It was great to finally introduce them to William.  We spent a good bit of time with them in Ukraine, but it was before we had custody of him so they only saw him in pictures.  William had so much fun playing with their girls, Maya and Sasha. And we enjoyed spending time with our friends.  We hope to see them some more while they're here!

We also plan to host an evening sometime in the next couple of months where they will share about their ministry.  If you're in the area and are interested in attending, just send me an email here.

Unfortunately, if things stay on schedule, we probably won't get to see them while in Ukraine this time, because they'll still be in the U.S.  But hopefully we'll get to introduce them to our new child once we return home, before they head back to Berdyansk.