Good Vibrations

March 29th

Hello and hope you all are having fun at the pool/beach/whatever. We have been enjoying a balmy 50 degrees here the last few days. We almost didn't need our coats for a few hours. We have been spending time with T & S alot this weekend. Friday was a busy day getting all of T's medical forms completed. In the evening we went to S's orphanage and Skyped with some folks back home. Saturday was a full day. We started out at S's orphanage then went out to the Bazaar to do some shopping. We walked around & around looking at clothes. T & Rebecca held hands most of the way. This was initiated by T and it was the first time anything like that has happened. Next we ate pizza for lunch with T. & then T finally had her English lesson. She had a good first try. Later we tried to see a movie but we got the times wrong. (It is hard to read anything here) We went out for dessert with T and her Engligh teacher & her husband instead. Hopefully T is getting exposed to a better side of life with us. We think she likes it too. Sunday we went to see S again. This time we brought our computer and went on Google Earth. We showed T & S their cities here in Ukraine and then we "flew" over to the U.S. and showed them our home and their future schools, etc. It was pretty facinating. This afternoon we took T to the cinema. It was a Russian Teen movie. We didn't understand a word but the teenage angst was easy to get. The subtitles were of no use - they were in Ukrainian! Afterwards, T suggested that we go out to the amusement park, just the 3 of us - without a translator. We agreed and we were able to communicate enough to have a pleasant evening. We taught each other words, went on rides, and ate dinner at a restaurant. We feel that we have been making a good connection with T! More hand holding took place at the park. I hope we made some good memories and laid a good foundation.

Proverbs 22:6 "Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it."