Here are the girls with their good friend Tanya. She is such a sweetheart! Is my suitcase big enough?!?
This statue of Lenin is right in the center of the city, in front of an old Soviet building. Why this statue is still here is quite a mystery...
A gorgeous Ukrainian Orthodox church first built in mid 1800s
We are still doing well - we will find out for sure today, but court is tentatively scheduled for Monday sometime... It seems we've been here awhile but really that is pretty fast. Nastya and Katya are enjoying us visiting everyday. We play hours of Uno, have Ukrainian lessons from some of the girls, give English lessons in return, play silly games outside (such as a Ukrainian version of duck-duck-goose and a shoe game where we all exchange shoes and chase each other), just hang out and talk, take walks (yesterday we helped their group clean up trash in front of the orphanage), hand out candy, and just whatever comes up.
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4 comments:
"Fut-ball" -- I love hearing that spoken with the accompanying accent(s)!! :-)
Yes, I too was surprised to see Lenin statues still standing in Yekaterinburg, Russia (where the last Czar and family were massacred). I simply couldn't stop staring and wondering--took lots of photos you know! :-)
Beautiful kids! You look like you are really enjoying yourself. We will be there the end of October!
Good to 'hear' from you. So glad you are doing well.
June
Oh my goodness, your girls are beautiful!!!!! So excited for you and pray that court does in fact come quickly!
Melanie
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