He was down on the sport field playing soccer. He said he was done for the day and could spend time with us. We teased him that we should go to the river so he could go for a swim. He said okay, and we all walked down together. Then he really did take off his clothes down to his underwear and jump in the river!!
I think the temperature had to be in the 60's!! Even though he was hot and sweaty, it still had to be cold! He did not stay in long and had goosebumps when he got out. I had a couple of napkins in my bag for him to dry his face, and then he just stood around and air dried for a little while. Crazy kid!! He got dressed again and we spiked up his curly hair. He looked so cute with his hair up.
We took some photos by the river and then decided to walk to the little store outside the orphanage gates. We had only had breakfast that day and did not have time to get some food to bring with us. The boys got mini-pizzas, I had a poppy seed pastry and Darren got some type of hot dog baked into bread. We also got Sergei a pepsi...much to Darren's dismay as there were no Cokes to buy. We ate and walked. As it was kind of chilly we asked if his room would be open to get warmed up. He said it was unlocked, so we went up there for a bit. He showed us an "album" of all the letters that I had sent him. He saved all of them in the pages. I had not realized how much it meant to him. Yarik shows all of his emotion right out there, but Sergei is a little more reserved and harder to read. But I believe he really wants a family as much as Yarik. I am so glad we get to be the ones to be blessed with him as a son!
Shortly after we got to his room, one of his room mates came to get ready to go to a concert the kids were putting on in honor of "Teacher's Day." We decided to go check it out.
It was to start at 5pm, so we took our time going over
.Once we got there, one of the teachers told Sergei he had to go clean one of the classrooms. Ugh! We only had an hour left to spend with him and they send him away. We were hoping he would be done quickly, but he did not get back until the end of the concert 45 minutes later. We did enjoy seeing the kids sing and dance, recite and do some drama. They were really cute!
Once he got back we only had a few minutes left. It was so hard to leave him there. Especially after Yarik had told him about staying with us at the hotel and going to restaurants! We are so looking forward to the day we can take him with us!! We told him we would do our best to come back on Tuesday or Wednesday. It cost us nearly $50 total and over 2 hours each way to go to see him, so visiting everyday is not an option. Even so, I am so glad we got to spend time with him again.
Taxi Sergei took us back to Oktyrka and helped us get our next bus. This bus was crazy bumpy!! Our backs and tailbones will never be the same. Many times we were airborne from our seats. I held on to Darren and Yarik so I would not fly off the seat!
We were pretty tired and hungry when we got back to Sumy. We stopped by the grocery store for some food and then went to the hotel to eat. We were looking forward to going to a Ukrainian Christian church the next morning, so we tried to get a good night's sleep.
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