Welcome, Jacob Ivan Vandiver born February 7, 2011



My dear friends and ministry leaders of Hope & Life, Ukraine. Anya & Richard traveled to Hungary last week to wait for little Jacob to be born.  He is a very international baby as his mom is Ukrainian, his dad is an American from Texas and he was born yesterday in Hungary.  Anya had some special considerations which made having the birth in Hungary a much better option. She also has an American passport so it was easy for them to cross into Hungary.  The new family will be moving in with me (YEAH!!!!) probably by the end of the week.  Then all the paperwork needs to get resolved. It is also much easier to travel to the embassy in Budapest from here than if they had to travel to Kiev from Uzhghorod.  Little Jacob will need his US passport to travel over the border with mom and dad.  Please join us in prayer for a quick recovery for Anya and a strengthening for Jacob as he was born a little early and a little underweight.  A friend here had a Word that Jacob would have a peaceful birth (and he did!) and be a messenger of peace. He is also, a very peaceful baby, in fact a little more interested in sleeping than eating so you could pray about that,too. Anya and Richard are almost overwhelmed with the care they are getting and the interest of people in their situation. And Jilly, grandma is looking forward to that little guy being here!!
Location: Telki, Hungary

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Barka said…
I like the fact that if you put on your 'Jilly grandma' hat you are a grandma, if you put it on the missionary one, you are a missionary and if you put it on the church leader one, you're that...:) You carry a variety inside of you.Puszi,Barka
February 8, 2011 at 6:37 PM
Anonymous said…
How amazing is our Wonderful God to bring two people from opposite ends of the Earth together in love and produce such a beautiful baby. God is so Awesome.
Blessings to all of you.
Rita Blickstein
River Church
February 9, 2011 at 3:41 PM
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