Treading water day 6

Sunday turned into an interesting day.  We got home from church, ate lunch, chilled for a bit, and then went to the Foxes.  Andrew was there, and another guy named Vova (I think).  Inna came over, too.  We stayed there for a few hours and then went to eat at the Ukrainian barbeque place.  Sean Fox did a good job of engaging the guys in profitable discussions.  Vova wanted to talk world politics, and both of them just wanted to speak in English and discuss difficult things.  Sean asked this nice discussion opener: what is the reason for suffering in the world?  We discussed if man was basically good or bad, the origins of the universe, and what does "love" mean.  Sean was very good at using these topics to present the gospel and get them thinking about things they had never pondered before.  It was fun to be a part of this.  We did not see Julia today, because she was going somewhere, but as it turned out, she came by our room in the afternoon and we weren't here.  This morning, I helped the Foxes load all their stuff into a van so they could move to a new apartment.  Libby watched all three kids in our room.  Between those two things, we wiped out the morning.  I had to make a high speed run to the store, since we were out of water.  Julia and a friend, Anya, came by this afternoon for a short visit, we walked them home, then out for bananas, and back to our room.  I know what you are thinking: it just doesn't get much more exciting than that!

Libby's turn

This morning was so fun with Moriah, Josiah and Elijah.  They brought some art supplies with them and made lots of sweet and beautiful artwork for me to bring home and put on my refrigerator .  It was fun talking to them and seeing how smart and creative each one of them are.  We got to visit a little with Cosette, too, and Andy got to hang out with Sean some.  Our time with Julia was so short.  We are trying to plan a pizza outing for her and her friends and half-siblings, but we need our facilitator to make the arrangements with the foster family and the orphanage, so she is feeling antsy that the plans are not in place.  We have not been able to communicate well enough with her that this is something we are planning to do for sure.  But we still have fun with her and laugh a lot.  We enjoyed meeting her friend Anya .  She seems like a fun girl and is very cute.  We heard from Cosette that there is a home for girls that graduate from the orphanage about an hour away in Sumy .  We were so happy to hear of Ukrainians having a heart to care for the orphans.  The sun was out during our walk this afternoon and that made all the world seem more cheery.  We miss our family and friends so much and are so grateful to many of you for sending us emails.  We don't feel so far away then.