Day 30

The sky was beautiful today! The flooding helped fill in many of the holes in the street, which made the taxi ride easier. We had a blast with Kaitlyn in the "sports room" as it was too muddy outside. The other day we learned that there is one boy in her class that likes to hit or bite the kids who just had a visitor. It's hard to be angry at that because we know that he is simply jealous and who can blame him? But it's hard to see that your child has a bite mark and there isn't much that you can do about it. The "German" (our usual cab driver who has a German car) wasn't available and we rode in Marsha's car. The driver is married to Marsha’s mother.

We also visited Sarah today and I forgot the camera! We snacked on cherry juice and trail mix and found that she doesn't have a nut allergy; in fact, she likes them a lot, especially almonds it seems. We sat together and she poured out the water into cups. I think we had a father-daughter "tea" time together. I got to watch her blow bubbles with the wind and some of her friends tried to pop them. The sun hit her hair just right and she looked very pretty. The boys enjoyed playing with her and her friends. I let them know that they made the orphanage kids day by playing with them. It's easy to see how hard it is in the orphanage for all these kids. The strongest are mostly likely to survive and they mock each other. For example, there was a bed sheet, underwear, and blanket hanging out to dry. This means someone wet the bed, was probably made fun of the entire day, and had to sleep in a chair. We caught one of the orphanage boys bullying another. We stepped in while the teacher just watched. Simply sad. Sarah had words with that boy and it seemed that she needed to establish that Mama is HER Mama and not his (she doesn't have this issue with Nick and Noah). I think the boy just got confused because all the women are called Mama (insert person’s name) but he didn't know Jennifer's, so he just called her Mama. Both of the girls don't use our names, for we are their Mama and Papa now. Today was a cool day. We walked over to the flea market and picked up some toys for the girls. We will need them while we are in Kiev and the travel home. I imagine that we will probably pick up more. Thank you for your prayers but keep them coming!