We are inserting an extra blog today because we have learned that we need to go to Kiev tomorrow to be re-fingerprinted. Because of Vern Garrett's problem with his fingerprints expiring, thus causing his delayed return to the US, we thought to have our expiration dates verified. We contacted the US Embassy in Kiev today and were told that our fingerprints indeed expired in February of this year. It is good that we checked. We have enough time to have them redone tomorrow and be ready for a best-case scenario of departing as scheduled on May 5th. We leave very early in the morning and return late tomorrow evening.

Meanwhile we have also learned that Vladimir found the document he needed to link the children's mother's maiden name to her married name. One less possible glitch.

We visited with the children as usual today. Toli was going swimming with his class so we did not get to visit with him long. We mad arrangements with the music teacher to have a sopilka made for Dasha and to obtain recorded and sheet music for the songs that the children perform. We were asked and gave some money to Dasha's and Stan's teacher to purchase test preparation books for each of her students.

Next blog on Friday.