Today was our last going away party day, And today was Lera's turn. At first she wanted to just have cake at the orphanage, but she called Sergei a few days before (Yes she actually got a hold of him without us, 11 year olds these days...) and said she would like to go bowling. Well it's her choice so bowling it is. I can always use a little more practice anyway and let me tell you I've gotten a lot better. So we made our way to Lera's building and floor and waited for them to get ready, once we made our way outside we made the walk we have done so many times before. We gave all our coats to the lady whose job it is to do so and then started bowling. We had a good time as usual and then came back to the orphanage and left to go eat lunch. We stayed at the hotel for a little while and made our usual trip to the school for our afternoon visit. Everything went fine but Luba got a little bit upset at the end. After we played with the kids and such we left and ate dinner at a pizza place and went back to the hotel for much needed sleep.
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| Lera. |
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| Lera and Dad. |
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From left to right, Veeka, Lera, unknown, and Julia, Lera's
"Big friend" |
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| Unknown, Lera, and Veeka. |
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| Katya. |
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| Different Vladik, unknown, caregiver, Ocksana |
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| Class picture. |
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| Another class picture. |
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| Running away from me because Of snowball fight. |
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| A different caregiver and Ocksana. |
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| Katya, Julia, and Lera. |
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| Unknown and Lera. |
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| Veeka making a snow angel. |
MERRY CHRISTMAS AGAIN!
Today Ukraine celebrated Christmas. Although Steve, Mom and I celebrated Christmas on the 25 of December the kids here had no idea that we had. We knew their Christmas was coming up and didn't want to confuse things since we have limited communication/translation with them. So we enjoyed Christmas again with three of my new siblings and one of their friends (Katya.)
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Reading the Christmas story Luke 2 in English followed by the Russian version then we sang
Happy Birthday to Jesus. |
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