Hi Cheryl- no the children have never flown. I think the only time the younger two had even been in a car was when they were taken to the orphanage. Maxim was carsick the first ride but does better every time. They did very good on the train and all are excited about flying but we will see when we make our first transfer if we can get them on the next plane (ha, ha).
Today we stayed in the apartment until 2:00. It has been raining and snowing off and on all day. The kids were getting very rambunctious so we took them for a walk. We thought we would try to find the souvenir row. Nothing is as ever as easy as it seems. We walked way out of our way to find landmarks from the last time we were here. It was worth it but a very long walk. It is a whole street of nothing but things for sale. Most of the vendors spoke English so it was very nice. A lot of items were hand made and very impressive quality. They had beautiful nesting dolls, jewelry boxes, chessboards with detail I have never seen before, pewter/lead figurines and much more. We needed more money! (and space) The kids wondered down the street looking at everything. We tried to get them to pick something special but Sasha wanted jewelry and hair ties, Maxim couldn’t decide what he wanted. Ray was the only one who understood and he shopped for the best price on the items he wanted. They each have such a different personality. The walk home was much shorter now that we knew the way.
The rest of the evening we spent home mostly playing cards and just spending time together. We are out of food again and have to go to the market first thing in the morning; it is only about 3 miles. No big deal right? We are ready to be home, this trip has been quite an experience.
All I can say is that I no longer question if God is watching each of us every day because if it was not for Him there would be no way we could ever of accomplished what we did in the time we had. Thank You!!
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