Nov 16: Heading out of town

11/16/07: This was our last visit with our little guy for the week. We wouldn't be visiting on the weekends since no one would be there that spoke English and there was typically different staff on the weekends.

We had a nice visit. We took play*do with us for the first time, and he had lots of fun with it.

On the way out of the orphanage, we saw a funeral procession. There were quite a few men and women walking solemnly down the road. The body was being carried atop a board, which was adorned with flowers. It was very sad, and also very different from the traditions of our culture.

Once back to the apartment, we ate a quick lunch. Then we got to do something fun - our friends Jonathan & Heather are missionaries in Berdyansk (the next region over) and they invited us to spend the weekend with them. (We met them earlier in 2007 while they were home on furlowe). So Jonathan came and picked us up and we went back to their place.

We finally got to meet their daughters, Maya and Sasha. Heather prepared us a great dinner of baked chicken, mashed potatoes, carrot salad, cauliflower, and bread. It was nice to have some normal food for a change! We enjoyed getting to speak English and being with other Christians. We looked forward to getting to hang out with this great family over the weekend.