This week is going a lot better than last week. Dima has been trying so hard to learn his English and is doing a great job for only being here for 10 days! Liliya has been giving him paperwork to work on and we often find him up in his room reading over it. He is even starting to ask us questions how to say things in sentence form. Last night he and I were talking through Google Translate about starting school next Friday. He was joking around that he didn't want to go which is a good sign. If he doesn't want to do something, he gets really quiet and looks the other way. He typed that he doesn't know English to go to school and I explained to him that's why he is going to school. I explained the teachers are going to help him and he will meet new friends. I also explained to him that he will still have English lessons with Liliya which I think made him feel better. He loves his lessons and really listens to her.
I am sure going to school is going to be rough for him. We are preparing to have some setbacks, but I think he is going to like going to school more than he did in Ukraine. In Ukraine he was known as being from the orphanage, now he is just like the other kids that have a family. If any of you reading this has a child that is in 8th grade at the Altoona Junior High, explain to them Dima is coming and please welcome him.
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