Free Katerina and her parents too!

Many Thanks

We have many people to thank for supporting us while we have been away.

First to our companies, who were understanding when the length of our absence grew and grew. And in particular to Wendy’s FCT family who arranged for her to work from Ukraine and actually helped contribute to her sanity over this 100 day journey. Wendy also wants to thank Theresa for all the extra e-mail traffic she managed for her, you have been a superstar

To our dear neighbours, who looked after our lonely house and in particular kept the lemon tree alive whom they named Lazarus.

To Renee and Chris for the baby clothes for the orphanage, to Bobbi and Marilyn for the Makeup for the children’s caregivers, and the Dales for the lovely clothes for Zara and starbucks goodies for her homesick parents.

Wendy owes a particular debt of thanks to Medtronic who extended their travel loaner insulin pump program beyond 90 days. She actually had to use this back up insulin pump so without it She would have had to switch back to needles - a daunting prospect for her.

We also wanted to thank everyone who commented on our blog and sent us messages. Outside of seeing Kate this was the highlight of our day- reading messages from home. After struggling through Russian and Ukrainian, waiting for this indeterminable process to unfold and attempting to understand and adjust to our new life,  it was so rewarding to hear from everyone at the end of day.

And of course the people we both have to thank the most are our families for all the support, encouragement and enthusiasm they have had in welcoming Kate into our family. special thanks go to Tom for helping out so much behind the scenes and Wendy’s mother and father. Carol for coming to be with Wendy, and Wendy’s father Frank for agreeing to give up his BFF.