Meet the rest of the students

OK I should continue the introductions...

This is our other female student, Nastya or Anastasia. She has lived in the group home for two years, she was the only one of the foster kids that New Hope placed in the houses the year that the trade school was in limbo, who decided to stay and try out the school. She has a father that she knows and recently found out where her mother was living when she was born 20 years ago, and would like to find her. She has a pension for having a mental deficiency, but she seems normal and a sunny personality, always smiling and she loves to make friends as any of our North American visitors  can tell you! She will tell you all the English words she can remember, and some Italian, too. She loves dogs, and thinks she might want to attend a sewing school in the future.

This is Kolya M (short for Nikolai.) He was the first student to arrive last summer is from Kiroy Rog, where he knew the Rays of Love team, the Nikkels, Canadians who work with kids in that city's orphanages. He is our oldest student at 22 years, or 23 on Thursday. He does not smoke and is a favorite of the group home parents at the boys house. He has lots of potential, and often has the best grades;  but sometimes you have to push him to get dirty when it's time to work, or pay attention in English class if he is bored, since he knows a good deal of English already.

Here is our second Kolya who also came  from Kiroy Rog. We were going to call him Nikolai, but it seems that hardly anyone does! Two Kolyas are confusing at times, like when the test papers come in. He also has a pension, and gets some money each month, when he often buys the other students candy. He has really neat handwriting, and seems try to do well in class. Like many of our students, he is smarter than he first appears.

Our other male student, Simeon left shortly after the trip to Kiev, the group home parents had trouble dealing with him. He had trouble sleeping and often roamed the house at night, keeping other people awake, and often had trouble telling the truth, and doing work in class. He returned to the dormitory where he lived before, hopefully he will be able to find a job and stick with it.