Another home cooked meal!

We did a lot of walking today!! We first woke up and wanted to take the long walk from the church to the market to get a little bit more supplies. They were nice enough to give us some leftovers from the wedding that will give us about two more dinners. So we still needed to get some milk and other things for breakfast and of course some more chocolate! That walk is a good half hour to walk to. We did that walk there and then back to the church to meet up with Elissa to show us how to take the bus to the orphanage.  So now we can take the bus and save some money that way too. We wish we wouldn’t have listened to some people who told us not to take the bus because we actually didn’t mind it today and enjoyed the ride. Especially the part that it only costs us $3 for both of us to ride compaired to the $30 by taxi. We will only be taking the bus about 3 more times to the orphanage because the other days we are going to volunteer at the children’s house and we will be taking a different bus there. We were originally going on Tuesday and Thursday to the Children’s house but now they have asked if we can come more so we are going Tuesday through Friday now.  We are excited about that. It makes the day go by faster and we love the kids.

                Tonight we went to Tamara and Pastor Peter’s house. They have 2 biological children and have adopted 4. Their house was so beautiful and we totally forgot to take pictures. We had such a wonderful time. Tamara cooked eggplant lasagna with a salad. For dessert she made cheesecake and had some yummy chocolate we hadn’t tasted yet. Our bellies were so full and we were just so happy to have another home cooked meal. We sat at the table for a while just talking about our adoption process and then they shared with us about their ministry. Pastor Peter works for the church but also for the “You will be found” adoption ministry. With this ministry, they try to find Ukrainian Christian homes for children that become available from the Children’s home or are already in an orphanage. I have included a video of children’s stories from the Children’s Home. The first child who speaks is Dima. Pastor Peter and Tamara have adopted him since this video. The two girls who speak after him are since the adopted daughters of Eva and her husband.  Words can’t even express how appreciative we are for the people from this church. It makes me re-evaluate how we open up our homes to outsiders and what we can do better to make people feel welcome.  Below is the web-site that helps both the “You Will Be Found” ministry and the “Children’s Home” ministry. Please look at it. It has a lot of information and video’s about the wonderful things God’s people are doing here in Ukraine.  www.adaption.tv

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOZ-UzYcDTg