Sveta, Tanya and Vika

Again, today was a good day... We took Sveta and her older sister, Tanya, along with her best friend, Vika to eat pizza and visit. Our language barriers today were offset due to Vika's knowledge of English. Vika has been hosted in America in the past and is truly a wonderful child. She is extremely smart and has a warm heart that would complement any family.(She, along with her younger sister Maya, are perfect girls to be adopted and they both already know English!!!) That said, we also learned that if you do not accentuate the correct syllable of a Urkainian/Russsian word, no one can understand what you are saying! This seems to be the majority of our problem.

While we tried to make the day fun, the 'elephant in the room' was the saddness of Tanya. Tanya is Sveta's older sister and unfortunately, has 'graduated' from the system. (Meaning she has been sent our on her own as an adult.) She is also a very beautiful girl with a tremendous potential. She is quiet and shy, but working towards educating herself in computers. We are hoping we can help her obtain a student VISA to study in the US. She just needs an opportunity!