We are now in our last week in Novagrad-Volinsky! Hallelujah! We are so ready to come home. Cathy M sent us pictures from the party at church. We are so blessed with such wonderful friends and family! We were overwhelmed! We long to be back home with all of you.
Things continue on well with the kids. N is spending lots of time with "Aunt" Sveta and "Uncle" Victor. They are helping her English and helping her understand what it means to be in a family. They are saying a lot of the things we would say if we could, but she may hear them better from them than from us. We are very appreciative of the ground work they are helping us lay. She asked lots of questions today about what life would be like at home. She has already figured out the way to her Papa's heart. We couldn't get to the internet yesterday because every computer was full of teenage boys playing games. So we decided to let N have the camera and lead us around town. She led us down to the river so Papa could put his hands in it. She is going to fit right in!
Gideon is a stinker-pot and the cutest little guy ever! We have some work to do on the "We don't hit" side of things. I can't wait till he is all ours and we don't have to give him back after a couple of hours (Talk to me in 3 weeks and I may be ready to hand him off for a couple of hours though!) We played with he and about 5 of his classmates on the porch today (Like I said it was too windy to take them out. I really am not sure some of the smaller ones wouldn't have been blown away by the wind.) It was fun. Bruce gave each of the kids turns being picked up and I was handing out cereal to everyone. Gideon was not real sure he wanted everyone to have his cereal, but he didn't have a say.
We finaly found someone in town that sells books. We bought N all of the Harry Potters and The Chronicles of Narnia in Russian. (well we do have to go back on Friday and pick up Harry Potter 3). She was very excited. I think she is still amazed that we are buying her stuff! When I handed her the books (all hard back) she was surprised at the weight and told Sveta she could kill someone with the weight of the books!
Todays funnies:
- They really like concert type shows on TV. N was flipping through last night and stopped on just such a show. At first we thought it was a boyband. But no! It was an Accordian Playing pop star! NO LIE -- ACCORDIAN. Complete with boy band dancers around him. He even had a few dance moves himself with the Accordian strapped on. He was all in white and his accordian was white. Kind of reminded me of Liberache (except this guy was cute and younger). Actually he seemed to be quite a good player -but accordian pop music? Who knew?
- Another steller piece of Ukrainian TV: The movie was call "Shaolin Soccer." It was a Chinese film that had been dubbed into English and then over dubbed in Ukrainian. It was Histarical. If you can get your hands on a copy it would be worth a laugh.
Just a brief word of thanks to our wonderful friends at St Paul. You are the best! We are so grateful for all you have done for us. We miss you terribly! We love you dearly!
Well I guess that's all for this installment of Life in Novagrad-Volensky. Tune in tomorrow when mama will say, "No Gideon, We don't hit."
Peace,
BLN&G
3 comments:
Hi Lori,
So glad that all of you will be coming home soon. The Wedding music business has become quite cut-throat and there are some very interesting things going on. Lori G. is going to a meeting this week that has been set up by Ray Weaver of the Highland Camber Players. I will talk to you when you return, but Jack Griffin is creating tons of trouble for all of us who are in the wedding music business. I will know more after this week.
Love to you both,
Helen
Lori and Bruce,
Thought you'd want to know that M Ebel was in an accident today and will be having surgery tomorrow. Orthopedic repairs. Otherwise, she has no injuries. I know you'll keep her in your prayers. We continue to pray for you all, as well. Blessings and congratulations. Love, Kathy E.
Glad to hear things are going well with you all. We are so happy that the bonding has begun and you will see it grow each day. I know you can't wait to get home. We are doing fine and Anna has adjusted to her new life in America very well. She already says "bye bye" and "good girl!" Her big brother Nicholas (age 4) loves his new baby sister. They are still working on sharing toys, but for the most part are doing pretty well getting along. Take care and know that you all are in our prayers.
Chris, Terri, Nicholas and Anna Diehl
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