Sunday afternoon update-sorry so late!

I so greatly apologize,my computer was so slow last night that it would not upload this update from Sunday afternoon---Ruthi
Here we sit at chicago ohare airport when we should be in moscow waiting for our flight to stavropol. The whole flight was canceled due to mechanical issues. What an adventure this has been. For a while we thought that we would make it to moscow by way of brussels but that didn't work either. Too bad. Neither one of us has been to Belgium. I hear they have good chocolate. Anyway, our flight isn't for another for another 3 hrs and if we catch any hint of there being trouble with this flight, we are going to insist that they get us as close Moscow as possible. There is supposed to be severe weather in Chicago but not until late tonight. You never know, though, considering how things have gone with our adoption. Dan n Sandy Roberts at our agency here in the States find it hard to believe all the stuff that has happened too. Dan agreed that if there is an issue today, getting to Frankfurt would be in our best interest. It is amazing how everythin is scheduled so there is no room for error, yet nothin ever works the way it is supposed to. Greg and I were very grateful to have a nice meal last night and a comfortable hotel room. We live in a country where Airlines rebook tickets, give hotel and food vouchers, and they don't just cancel flights and close airports without notification or accomodating passengers. We did have to change our tickets to fly home on the 24th. We had to ensure that there will be enough time to get everything done and we will have seats to get home. Since it was AA's fault, they made the changes at no charge. We were very concerned that this delay could set us back a few thousand dollars. The agency must be quite concerned about the timing as the famous Natasha, head of the Frank Foundation in Washington called herself this morning. I get the impression that there are issues with it being the holidays. There is a bright and shiny silver lining in all of this. Little Oksana at Elsa's orphanage is being adopted, too, and her adoptive parents will be in the region but we were going to miss them by a day. We will probably get to see each other now. See, Christine, God works all things for the good of those who love and trust in Him....boy, am I leaning on that scripture!!! Love you guys. Thanks for the support, prayer, and encouragement. And the cookies, Waga. They hit the spot on the way to the airport. Hugs, Laura