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Spring 2004 -
Ternopol
This
orphanage
had
babies
in
cribs
and
children
up
to
the
age
of
four.
When
the
suitcase
was
empty
some
of
the
children
decided
to
climb in. The thought crossed my mind to just zip it up and bring them home!!
Soon
we
opened
up
one
suitcase
and
just
let
them
dig,
pick,
choose,
change
their
minds,
take
two,
no
maybe
three.
Some
started
a
little
stock
pile.
It
was
so
fun
to
watch.
Then
we
all
just
spent
time
playing
with
the
children,
interacting
with
them,
smiling
with
them,
loving them, hugging them.
The
girls
tried
to
visit
the
orphanage
as
often
as
they
could.
They
had
taught
the
children
several
Christian
songs
and
they
wanted
to
sing
them
for
us.
They
were
just
delightful.
Then
two
little
girls
decided
they
had
a
song
they
wanted
to
sing.
One
of
them
really
sang
for
all
that
she
was
worth,
the
other,
I
think,
was
there
for
moral
support.
But
that
didn’t
stop
the
one
little
girl.
An
audience
doesn’t
come along that often and she wanted to take full advantage of the opportunity.
Our
first
outreach
was
a
trip
to
Ternopol
to
an
orphanage
that
we
had
not
been
to
before.
Ternopol
is
an
8
hour
train
ride
west
of
Kiev.
There were 4 of us, Chris Watkins, Vitaly Dudukaloff, Rich & me, Sherrel.
We
had
been
given
two
large
suitcases
from
Signe
Grimstad
on
behalf
of
Interact
full
of
beanie
babies
and
clothes
for
this
particular
orphanage. We were to meet two young ladies, both of whom had been foreign exchange students (one in Newport) in the US.
As
we
were
disembarking
from
the
narrow
walkway
of
the
train
we
were
met
by
our
escorts
for
that
day,
Lesya
and
Lilia
and
Lesya’s
father. Both girls spoke very good English.
We
first
visited
a
group
of
preschool
age
orphans.
What
precious
little
faces.
They
were
so
eager
to
see
why
we
were
there.
Their
little
eyes were just shinning with excitement wondering what was in those big bags. We said our hello’s and asked what their names were.
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