Day 2 in the Orphanage

After being in the apartment all morning, Dusty and I were getting very antsy to go to the orphanage this afternoon. Luckily this apartment has more rooms so we spend some time in the living room, some time in the kitchen so we have a change of scenery.  Here are a few pictures for those coming over soon so you know what to expect of the apartments here.  As you can see the kitchens are extremely small and have very little utensils, plates and cooking pans so buy food that won't need much to  be prepared.

We went to the orphanage a little later today because Russ and Lori had their initial meeting with Lena and Eddick.  Lori and Russ have not had internet access but are buying a modem tonight like we did.  They will be happy to use Skype and to be able to use the internet again as I know they were really missing talking to family. 

The drive to the orphanage was a bit crazy as we got about 3 inches of snow. 

Since they don't plow, the drive over and back was interesting to say the least.  Just to warn those who are coming over, be prepared as the drivers throw caution to the wind, to say the least.  Our drivers have been very nice and follow all traffic rules, oh I forgot, there are no traffic rules here!! Once we got to the orphanage, we were walking into the building when we hear Dima running up behind us.  I LOVE seeing that smile of his and the big hugs he gives us! We went inside where it was warm.  Dusty brought the ping pong paddles and balls that we heard they needed and played for a while.  It was fun to hear the boy's laughter as it's pretty quiet in the orphanage.           

After playing ping pong for a bit, the kids heard Lori and Russ Walk were in the girls section with Lena.  We all went over and had such a nice time with all the older kids from the hosting program.  We all joked around and the girls brought out picture albums from the hosting camp and other pictures. Dima wanted our camera and we thought he wanted to take pictures but he wanted to show the other boys pictures of his new room.  I take that as a good sign he likes what we did. Lori and Russ left before we did with a different driver so the boys(Dima, Dusty, Eddick, and Artyr) and I went back to play some more ping pong.  Thanks for letting us know about that Adam and they are really enjoying playing!  Everyone else that is going after us should plan on taking a small game for the kids to play.  Something that is not too hard to explain how to play and that won't take up too much room in your luggage.

When we said our goodbyes, the three Amigo's (Dima, Eddick, and Artyr) walked us outside to our car.  After we started driving away from the orphanage, we saw 3 boys running to the end of the road and it was them again to wave goodbye.  They are three amazing boys!! Tomorrow we will spend a few more hours visiting the orphanage.  I will try to get more pictures to share.