What a special day for all of us, as we visited them in the orphanage for the first time today. :-) I think it was a bit overwhelming for them at first... can you imagine being told that you will have parents, a new brother , and will move to America within a month!
Truly, within an hour they were taking our hands and touring us around their orphanage, introducing us to their sweet cat and slightly mangy dog. Oh yes, and the 2 baby turtles. All 3 kids were outside having races and laughing. Friends for life. :-) Isn't it amazing what God will do?!
What a pleasure to meet them. We all bonded so quickly. Anastasia loves to draw and paint, and Zahar (quite a name, eh?) is very athletic. He asked Giles to put him on his shoulders multiple times and they went running all over. He taught Giles a different way to play checkers and I guess they tied!
Anastasia gave Ben 2 stuffed animals, one of which was her favorite. She is a real sweetheart!
The director of the orphanage is an evangelical protestant pastor's wife and she has such a heart of love for the children. They have been well loved and well taken care of.
We are in a hotel here in Alexandria (near Novorgrad). We found a great supermarket nearby. It's nice to have a refrigerator in our room. And internet in the lobby of the hotel.
We plan to visit the children each day. Benjamin is looking forward to seeing them again tomorrow. We hope to post pictures of the orphanage and the town soon!
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