We awakened in better spirits today. We discovered we had access to about a quart every three minutes of warm, brown water from the kitchen sink. We carried some water in a mixing bowl to the tub for a quick spit bath. Gross! I put on several pairs of socks on my right foot to help with the swelling. I could bear weight so that means no broken bones...hopefully. I hobbled all day but I managed.
We arrived at the orphanage about mid morning and went into the director's office. He was not there because he was at a funeral for a teacher whose 25 year old daughter had just died of what they called a fever or pneumonia. We talked for a minute or two and then Rita came in. It was a nice reunion. We hugged and took a couple of pictures. We went to class with her. It was games class. They played chess, checkers, etc. During class, the funeral procession passed by outside the classroom window. We all stopped and observed. About six men carried the coffin shoulder high and a four member band played a sad funeral-type song.
We were called to go to the Notary for more documents and spent the afternoon changing apartments and shopping for groceries. Now about the kids at Sumy.
We contacted many of your children. We photographed and got some footage that we will post when we can. We saw Pasha, Lena; Marina; Vlad; Natasha & Yuri; Anna & Andrei.
We are alone in the apartment the next three nights with no internet. We found this cafe today (12/7/09) to make this post.
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