Sunday, September 21, 2008

Communicating with our boys...

We spoke with our boys on Saturday morning on the phone. They said that the weather is cold and rainy there now and that they cant play soccer because the fields are muddy. They are both studying English at school. Dima said that they pray every morning with the orphange group that they live in, for the paperwork to be completed fast. Aleks, also told me that he prays 3 times a day for us to come for them.
We were looking for someone that was going to Ukraine, to take our laptop to our boys so that we can communicate with them via Skype. Finally today at church there was a family that is going to Ukraine on Wed. and will take the laptop to the boys...we are so excited that finally we will be able to communicate with them at any time, they would like.
A little about the orphanage "Fathers House" or "Otchiy Dim" in Ukraine. It is a private, Christian orphanage in Kiev. There are two parts to the orphanage. In one building is "Island of Treasures" where new children that come to the orphanage live and go through rehabilitation for about 2 years. The second part of the orphanage is in another building, where there are families living there who take in kids after rehabilitation. The kids live in families, so that they better understand family life. They have their own family responsibilities and chores and also have a mom and a dad who take care of them. This way they have a picture of what family life is about and have a good example to follow when they grow up. There are usually about 70 children at one time at this orphanage and they all regularly attend church. The orphanage also has many different activities for the children. There is a singing group called "Singing Hearts" and there is also a theatrical group at the orphanage and many other activities. We have been to this orphanage when adoptin gour younger daughter and lived there for 3 months. We have many friends there and cant wait to go back.
Blessings to everyone and keep us in your prayers!

1 comment:

Zack, Jenn and William said...

Just came across your blog - we adopted from Ukraine last year. I pray that God will open doors to get your boys home!