We finally got there and the walk to the orphanage was long. It was colder than before and...yeah, very cold. We did get to buy our return tickets this time though.
Our visit with Ira was really nice this time. She was happy and talkative, at least as much as such a language barrier will let her. She was also trying to communicate with us on her own more. Masha stepped out for a bit too, which helped that, but before she just would have been quiet or left too and today she tried to talk.
I worked on the socks I'm knitting her and Husband and Little One played UNO with her. The director showed us some dressed Ira had crocheted for some dolls. Ira hadn't wanted to show us so I'm glad the director did. Lol. I need to find out her name so I can quit calling her "the director."
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| The dresses Ira crocheted |
Ira came and showed me her English vocabulary book from school. That was very fun.
The whole village has been out of water for three days now. No wonder the toilets didn't flush. They had a store saved up but that only lasts so long. I guess they send the boys out to get some from a well and bring it back by wagon.
The director got us a ride back to the bus station that didn't cost us so much. In fact, he insisted on no payment. I hope we can talk him into letting us pay him so we can use him again.
The bus on the way back actually had heat on as well. Not that it was super warm but at least it wasn't freezing. A warm shower upon returning to the apartment was perfect though. Not only that, but we came back to a clean apartment. We'd asked to have it cleaned today since they do it once a week. Boy was that nice! :^)
