Our Saturday Visit

I didn't feel so good in the morning, so I stayed in bed while Julia and our translator went to the orhpanage to get Katya. While we can't take her overnight, they are letting us take her out on weekends to go shopping, etc. Our translator had to run a package to the bus station, so Julia and Katya came back to the apartment. They had a tough time getting the door to unlock, so I tried to help them from inside. There was a small hole in the door that went through both sides, and I heard Julia say, "here, grab the key and try it from the inside." After I heard that I heard a muffled clink as the key hit the bottom of the inside of the door. So no more key. We called our translator on her cell phone as she had the other key, and luckily she was walking toward the apartment about 5 minutes away. The interesting thing is that in looking closely at the door to figure out how to get the key out, the back part of the door is cardboard that is screwed on with a few screws. So it should be easy to retrieve.

We had a fun day with Katya. We shopped for some shoes and let her pick out some Ukrainian style beauties.

She wanted McDonalds, so we ate there and then headed back to the orphanage to visit with all the kids. I started asking all of their ages and names again and whether they had siblings so we could start gathering the information needed to match up the letter writing program my mom has set up.

We are headed back tomorrow to take Katya out for some more fun tomorrow. Otherwise, it has been fairly routine here. The non-traveling days and time with Katya have been great and good for getting over jet lag. We are all sleeping well and my translator helped me understand my stomach issues from this morning. She said there is a joke that if you are constipated in Ukraine, you just need a teaspoon of tap water and you will be fine soon. So I need to be a little more careful with my toothbrush and how I rinse it. Probably too much info. Sorry about that.

Love,

Wade and Julia

P.S. Here are some pics from the orphanage and of our shopping excursion