Coming and going

This week we had three new girls and two guys arrive, some say they are only here for a month, but time will tell. The girls are living at "the girls house" where our new translator Nellya is in charge, after the departure of Luba, who decided to move to western Ukraine last month.

Here are some of the grads and Losha (left) unloading hay
Many of the new guys are putting in hours stacking hay now

We have had two of this year's female grads leave, one more is leaving over the weekend and one guy is looking for job, but still here for the time being. We'll see who is here at the end of the summer. 

Nellya or Nelly in English our new translator/group home person

Two of the mature guys, Losha and Dima; who have finished the first year of our program are moving out of the boys house into one of the apartments to free up spaces there.

At center, Irina, one of the three new girls

We often have students drop in at our house
Here are Julia and Alionya, one of the new girls (blonde)

Here's Ira, (and Garry) who went to live with her mother and siblings
after growing up in the orphanage and two years with us
Garry drove her to her town in the middle of June