Well it started raining here yesterday afternoon when we left the orphanage. It is still sprinkling on and off. For those of you who are not familiar with Petro, it is very muddy here. The mud just never seems to go away. There is mud everywhere. The roads are paved and some of the sidewalks are paved, but there is still mud everywhere. The roads don't really looked paved, because they are covered in mud and there are no lines on the road or any lanes. Everyone just drives where ever on the road, even in the opposite lane sometimes. It is really quite interesting. But Sasha, our driver, takes good care of us.
This morning we had about 3 boxes of donations for the baby house that we had been saving up. Thank you, Michelle Palowsky, some of your baby items are now being used here in Petro. Boris from the Antares Foundation took us and we met with the director, Dr. Rimma. She was such a nice lady. After going through all the boxes she offered to give us a tour of the orphanage. Mom, all I can say is I'm glad you weren't with us. First let me start by saying that this orphanage is immaculate. The children have lots of great toys and things to play with. They seem to have the nicest of everything and some parts were being renovated. Dr. Rimma took us to see all ages, from the youngest babies down to 2 or 3 monhs old, up to the 4 year olds. Most of the kids were sound asleep, except some of the babies. They were all just adorable. We were allowed to walk around and look in some of their cribs and Jon spotted one darling little baby girl with strawberry blond hair sleeping. One good things is that Boris explained that the children are adopted very quickly from the baby house, almost as soon as they are available. One of the larger adoption agencies WPA had donated a very nice modern play set on the playground for the children.
Dr. Rimma explained to us that when she interviews people to come to work there, they must love children. She said the workers in this orphanage must love children because she wants her children to feel that they are loved and bond to their caregivers. This prevents a lot of problems later for the children. She obviously really cares about these kids. Jon said he couldn't get over how nice the orphanage was.
Then we went back to the apartment to wait on Maria and Sasha. They got there a few minutes after 2:30 and Maria explained that the lady from the Ministry of Education was in the car with us and we needed to go. She oversaw our visitation today as she did the first day we came. Every day before we leave we sign a book and talk about what we did that day. I think this book may come to court to show that we visited every day for 14 days.
Today I brought Almira the Rush Into English book and CD that I had brought her. We practiced some of the basic English things in the book. Maria translated for her and told her how some of the phrases are used. Then we played cards, Uno. This is becoming a favorite game for Almira. I'll send some pictures of us playing. The lady to the right of Almira is the lady from the Ministry of Education.
That's all for now. Till tomorrow,
Kathy B.
This morning we had about 3 boxes of donations for the baby house that we had been saving up. Thank you, Michelle Palowsky, some of your baby items are now being used here in Petro. Boris from the Antares Foundation took us and we met with the director, Dr. Rimma. She was such a nice lady. After going through all the boxes she offered to give us a tour of the orphanage. Mom, all I can say is I'm glad you weren't with us. First let me start by saying that this orphanage is immaculate. The children have lots of great toys and things to play with. They seem to have the nicest of everything and some parts were being renovated. Dr. Rimma took us to see all ages, from the youngest babies down to 2 or 3 monhs old, up to the 4 year olds. Most of the kids were sound asleep, except some of the babies. They were all just adorable. We were allowed to walk around and look in some of their cribs and Jon spotted one darling little baby girl with strawberry blond hair sleeping. One good things is that Boris explained that the children are adopted very quickly from the baby house, almost as soon as they are available. One of the larger adoption agencies WPA had donated a very nice modern play set on the playground for the children.
Dr. Rimma explained to us that when she interviews people to come to work there, they must love children. She said the workers in this orphanage must love children because she wants her children to feel that they are loved and bond to their caregivers. This prevents a lot of problems later for the children. She obviously really cares about these kids. Jon said he couldn't get over how nice the orphanage was.
Then we went back to the apartment to wait on Maria and Sasha. They got there a few minutes after 2:30 and Maria explained that the lady from the Ministry of Education was in the car with us and we needed to go. She oversaw our visitation today as she did the first day we came. Every day before we leave we sign a book and talk about what we did that day. I think this book may come to court to show that we visited every day for 14 days.
Today I brought Almira the Rush Into English book and CD that I had brought her. We practiced some of the basic English things in the book. Maria translated for her and told her how some of the phrases are used. Then we played cards, Uno. This is becoming a favorite game for Almira. I'll send some pictures of us playing. The lady to the right of Almira is the lady from the Ministry of Education.
That's all for now. Till tomorrow,
Kathy B.
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